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The EM IIA Shells from Knossos, with Comments on Neolithic to EM III Shell Utilization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2013

David S. Reese
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Abstract

Shells from the excavation of the West Court House at Knossos are analysed and compared with those from other Neolithic and Early Minoan sites.

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Research Article
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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 82 , November 1987 , pp. 207 - 211
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Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 1987

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Acknowledgement. I thank Prof. J. D. Evans for permission to study and publish the Knossos shells, and Dr D. E. Wilson for information on dates and contexts.

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