NEW EVIDENCE FOR EARLY SILK IN THE INDUS CIVILIZATION
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عنوان ژورنال: Archaeometry
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0003-813X,1475-4754
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00454.x