The Neolithic of the Near EastThe Neolithic peoples of the near east laid the foundations upon which the civilisations of Western Asia and Europe were built. |
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Preface | 7 |
The Levant from the Epipalaeolithic to the | 18 |
the Development from the | 70 |
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