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From Villages to Empires: Archaeological Settlements of the South Levant from the Chalcolithic to the Byzantine Period Cover

From Villages to Empires: Archaeological Settlements of the South Levant from the Chalcolithic to the Byzantine Period

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|Jun 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/joad.158 | Journal eISSN: 2049-1565
Language: English
Submitted on: Mar 31, 2025
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Accepted on: Mar 31, 2025
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Published on: Jun 12, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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