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World Archaeology Volume 33, 2001 - Issue 2: Archaeology and aesthetics
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The evolution of simplicity: Aesthetic labour and social change in the Neolithic Near East

David Wengrow
Pages 168-188 | Published online: 05 Nov 2010

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Anna Smogorzewska. (2017) Local and imported pottery in the Neolithic Gulf: a new perspective from the site of Bahra 1 in Kuwait. Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 25, pages 595-617.
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