Carrières et préfabrication dans le monde nèo-assyrien. TT - Quarries and prefabrication in the Neo-Assyrian world.

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Carrières et préfabrication dans le monde nèo-assyrien. TT - Quarries and prefabrication in the Neo-Assyrian world. / Waelkens, Marc (Editor); Reade, Julian.

Pierre éternelle, du Nil au Rhin: carrières et préfabrication. ed. / Marc Waelkens. Brussels : Crédit communal de Belgique, 1990. p. 45-52.

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Harvard

Waelkens, M (ed.) & Reade, J 1990, Carrières et préfabrication dans le monde nèo-assyrien. TT - Quarries and prefabrication in the Neo-Assyrian world. in M Waelkens (ed.), Pierre éternelle, du Nil au Rhin: carrières et préfabrication. Crédit communal de Belgique, Brussels, pp. 45-52. <http://www.mendeley.com/research/carri%C3%A8res-et-pr%C3%A9fabrication-dans-le-monde-n%C3%A8oassyrien-tt-quarries-prefabrication-neoassyrian-world>

APA

Waelkens, M. (Ed.), & Reade, J. (1990). Carrières et préfabrication dans le monde nèo-assyrien. TT - Quarries and prefabrication in the Neo-Assyrian world. In M. Waelkens (Ed.), Pierre éternelle, du Nil au Rhin: carrières et préfabrication (pp. 45-52). Crédit communal de Belgique. http://www.mendeley.com/research/carri%C3%A8res-et-pr%C3%A9fabrication-dans-le-monde-n%C3%A8oassyrien-tt-quarries-prefabrication-neoassyrian-world

Vancouver

Waelkens M, (ed.), Reade J. Carrières et préfabrication dans le monde nèo-assyrien. TT - Quarries and prefabrication in the Neo-Assyrian world. In Waelkens M, editor, Pierre éternelle, du Nil au Rhin: carrières et préfabrication. Brussels: Crédit communal de Belgique. 1990. p. 45-52

Author

Waelkens, Marc (Editor) ; Reade, Julian. / Carrières et préfabrication dans le monde nèo-assyrien. TT - Quarries and prefabrication in the Neo-Assyrian world. Pierre éternelle, du Nil au Rhin: carrières et préfabrication. editor / Marc Waelkens. Brussels : Crédit communal de Belgique, 1990. pp. 45-52

Bibtex

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