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Lepenski Vir Terrace Lower Dwelling 12 — Northern Annex — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Encyclopedic entry — coordinates and heritage listing

Lepenski Vir Terrace Lower Dwelling 12 — Northern Annex

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Lepenski Vir Terrace Lower Dwelling 12 — Southern Extension — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Encyclopedic entry — coordinates and heritage listing

Lepenski Vir Terrace Lower Dwelling 12 — Southern Extension

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Lepenski Vir Terrace Lower Dwelling 12 — Western Terrace — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Encyclopedic entry — coordinates and heritage listing

Lepenski Vir Terrace Lower Dwelling 12 — Western Terrace

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Lepenski Vir Terrace Lower Dwelling 12 — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Encyclopedic entry — coordinates and heritage listing

Lepenski Vir Terrace Lower Dwelling 12

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Seuthopolis Reservoir Embankment East — Eastern Outlier — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Encyclopedic entry — coordinates and heritage listing

Seuthopolis Reservoir Embankment East — Eastern Outlier

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Seuthopolis Reservoir Embankment East — Southern Extension — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Encyclopedic entry — coordinates and heritage listing

Seuthopolis Reservoir Embankment East — Southern Extension

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Seuthopolis Reservoir Embankment East — Western Terrace — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Encyclopedic entry — coordinates and heritage listing

Seuthopolis Reservoir Embankment East — Western Terrace

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Eastern Outlier — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Encyclopedic entry — coordinates and heritage listing

Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Eastern Outlier

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Northern Annex — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Encyclopedic entry — coordinates and heritage listing

Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Northern Annex

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Southern Extension — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Encyclopedic entry — coordinates and heritage listing

Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Southern Extension

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Western Terrace — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Encyclopedic entry — coordinates and heritage listing

Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Western Terrace

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Encyclopedic entry — coordinates and heritage listing

Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Articledoi.org

Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North Late Neolithic (5500-4500 BCE) ancient-village

Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Eastern Outlier — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Eastern Outlier Late Neolithic (5500-4500 BCE) ancient-village

Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Eastern Outlier

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

Articledoi.org

Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Northern Annex — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Northern Annex Late Neolithic (5500-4500 BCE) ancient-village

Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Northern Annex

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

Articledoi.org

Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Southern Extension — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Southern Extension Late Neolithic (5500-4500 BCE) ancient-village

Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Southern Extension

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

Articledoi.org

Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Western Terrace — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Western Terrace Late Neolithic (5500-4500 BCE) ancient-village

Butmir Neolithic Settlement Trench North — Western Terrace

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

Articledoi.org

Catalhoyuk South Area Midden Trench 5 — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Catalhoyuk South Area Midden Trench 5 Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7400-6000 BCE) ancient-village

Catalhoyuk South Area Midden Trench 5

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

Articledoi.org

Catalhoyuk South Area Midden Trench 5 — Eastern Outlier — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Catalhoyuk South Area Midden Trench 5 — Eastern Outlier Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7400-6000 BCE) ancient-village

Catalhoyuk South Area Midden Trench 5 — Eastern Outlier

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

Articledoi.org

Catalhoyuk South Area Midden Trench 5 — Northern Annex — Archaeological Overview and Cultural Context

A. Smith, B. Jones · 2021 · Antiquity

Overview of Catalhoyuk South Area Midden Trench 5 — Northern Annex Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7400-6000 BCE) ancient-village

Catalhoyuk South Area Midden Trench 5 — Northern Annex

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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