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A Neolithic Painted Skull from Tell Abu Hureyra, Northern Syria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2008

Theya Molleson
Affiliation:
Department of PalaeontologyThe Natural History MuseumLondon SW7 5BDUK
Gillian Comerford
Affiliation:
Department of PalaeontologyThe Natural History MuseumLondon SW7 5BDUK
Andrew Moore
Affiliation:
Graduate SchoolYale University1504A Yale StationNew Haven, CT 06520, USA

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Copyright © The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research 1992

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