Book Review: The Minoan Double Axe: An Experimental Study of Production and Use by Maria Lowe Fri

British Archaeological Reports has once again provided the world with an excellent publication on experimental archaeology. Maria Lowe Fri’s book is a revised version of her Ph.D. thesis at Stockholm University (2007). As the title indicates, it focuses on the Minoan double axe, providing a review o...

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Autor principal:	James R. Mathieu
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Publicado:	EXARC 2012
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Book Review: The Minoan Double Axe: An Experimental Study of Production and Use by Maria Lowe Fri

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