Hiding in plain sight? The enigma of the linguistic remains of prehistoric slavery

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Hiding in plain sight? The enigma of the linguistic remains of prehistoric slavery. / Whitehead, Benedicte Nielsen.

The Indo-European puzzle revisited: Integrating archaeology, genetics, and linguistics. red. / Eske Willerslev; Guus Kroonen; Kristian Kristiansen. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023. s. 308–326.

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Whitehead, BN 2023, Hiding in plain sight? The enigma of the linguistic remains of prehistoric slavery. i E Willerslev, G Kroonen & K Kristiansen (red), The Indo-European puzzle revisited: Integrating archaeology, genetics, and linguistics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, s. 308–326. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009261753.029

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Whitehead, B. N. (2023). Hiding in plain sight? The enigma of the linguistic remains of prehistoric slavery. I E. Willerslev, G. Kroonen, & K. Kristiansen (red.), The Indo-European puzzle revisited: Integrating archaeology, genetics, and linguistics (s. 308–326). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009261753.029

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Whitehead BN. Hiding in plain sight? The enigma of the linguistic remains of prehistoric slavery. I Willerslev E, Kroonen G, Kristiansen K, red., The Indo-European puzzle revisited: Integrating archaeology, genetics, and linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2023. s. 308–326 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009261753.029

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Whitehead, Benedicte Nielsen. / Hiding in plain sight? The enigma of the linguistic remains of prehistoric slavery. The Indo-European puzzle revisited: Integrating archaeology, genetics, and linguistics. red. / Eske Willerslev ; Guus Kroonen ; Kristian Kristiansen. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023. s. 308–326

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