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Neolithic Beginnings in Western Asia and Beyond

Professor Steven Mithen, University of Reading, reports on recent developments in our understanding of agricultural origins in Western Asia and his work in Wadi Faynan.

• Steven Mithen

The whole article can be downloaded as a PDF file.

Published in Review, Issue 7.

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