The Domestic Fowl and Other Birds from the Roman Site of Mons Claudianus, Egypt

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 326-329

  Hamilton Dyer, Sheila ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic fowl Gallus gallus; Egypt; Roman period

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006439309     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199707/08)7:4<326::AID-OA358>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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