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Two - Destruction, Abandonment, Reoccupation

What Microstratigraphy and Micromorphology Tell Us

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2021

Sylvian Fachard
Affiliation:
University of Lausanne
Edward M. Harris
Affiliation:
University of Durham
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The chapter discusses the contribution of microstratigraphy and micromorphology to the study of destruction layers in archaeology.

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The Destruction of Cities in the Ancient Greek World
Integrating the Archaeological and Literary Evidence
, pp. 34 - 49
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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