Consideraciones sobre los vínculos sociales en el Levante Septentrional durante el Bronce Medio IIA-B

ROXANA FLAMMINI

Parentesco, patronazgo y Estado en las sociedades antiguas, Marcelo Campagno (ed)

PEFSCEA/IHAO - Universidad de Buenos Aires

Lugar: Buenos Aires; Año: 2009; p. 107 - 121

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