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Modelling the Cost of the Wind: A Preliminary Reassessment of Networks of Mobility in the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean Cover

Modelling the Cost of the Wind: A Preliminary Reassessment of Networks of Mobility in the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jcaa.119 | Journal eISSN: 2514-8362
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