Drug preparation in evidence? an unusual plant and bone assemblage from the pompeian countryside, Italy

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 91-98

  Ciaraldi, Marina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dye plants; Medicinal plants; Mithridatium; Pompeii; Theriac

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM; REPTILIA; VILLA;

EID: 0034345090     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01300059     Document Type: Article

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