Refuse and the formation of middens

Antiquity

Volumn 71, Issue 271, 1997, Pages 77-90

  Needham, Stuart ^b   Spence, Tony ^a  

^a BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HISTORICAL STUDY; MIDDEN; PREHISTORIC; SOCIAL HISTORY; WASTE SITE;

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EID: 0030820501     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00084568     Document Type: Article

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