A comparison of Paleo-Eskimo and Medieval Norse bone fat exploitation in Western Greenland

Arctic Anthropology

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 103-117

  Outram, Alan K ^a  

^a Gillow Heath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DIET; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0033495374     PISSN: 00666939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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