Fuel for thought: Archaeobotanical evidence for the use of alternatives to wood fuel in Late Antique North Africa

Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-205

  Smith, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ENERGY RESOURCE; FUELWOOD; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY;

(NORTH); AFRICA;

EID: 0032321562     PISSN: 09527648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/jmea.v11i2.191     Document Type: Article

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