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Craftwork in Small-Scale Societies of the Central European Bronze Age
Author(s): Justyna Baron (Author)
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date: May 21, 2026
- Language: English
- Print length: 98 pages
- ISBN-10: 1009611291
- ISBN-13: 9781009611299
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