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The Central Asian dimension of the symbolic system in Bactria and Margiana

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H.-P. Francfort
H.-P. Francfort*
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C.N.R.S., U.P.R. 315, 27 rue Damesme, 75013 Paris, France
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Antiquity , Volume 68 , Issue 259 , June 1994 , pp. 406 - 418
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1994

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