Comments on the book “Sticks, stones and broken bones: Neolithic violence in a European perspective”

• Authors: Wiesław Lorkiewicz , Elżbieta Żądzińska
• Languages of publication: EN
• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Anthropological Review
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 75
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 137-144

Dates

published

2012-07-01

online

2013-02-20

Contributors

author

Wiesław Lorkiewicz

• Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University ofŁódź, Poland

author

Elżbieta Żądzińska

• Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University ofŁódź, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10044-012-0013-3