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Belfer-Cohen, A., Bar-Yosef, O. (2002). Early Sedentism in the Near East. In: Kuijt, I. (eds) Life in Neolithic Farming Communities. Fundamental Issues in Archaeology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47166-3_2
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