The Walls of Jericho: An Alternative Interpretation

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Bar-Yosef Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Current Anthropology Volume 27, Number 2Apr., 1986 Sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/203413 Views: 73Total views on this site Citations: 79Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1986 The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological ResearchPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Nigel Goring-Morris, Anna Belfer Cohen ‘Far and wide’: Social networking in the Early Neolithic of the Levant, L'Anthropologie 126, no.33 (Jul 2022): 103051.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anthro.2022.103051Nigel Clark Planetary Cities: Fluid Rock Foundations of Civilization, Theory, Culture & Society 39, no.22 (Sep 2021): 177–196.https://doi.org/10.1177/02632764211030986Alexander Weide Towards a Socio-Economic Model for Southwest Asian Cereal Domestication, Agronomy 11, no.1212 (Nov 2021): 2432.https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11122432Avraham Ronen, Gideon Almagor Climate, sea level and culture in the Southeastern Mediterranean 20–4 ky BP, L'Anthropologie 125, no.22 (Apr 2021): 102858.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anthro.2021.102858Shyama Vermeersch, Simone Riehl, Britt M. 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