Archaeobotanical evidence for early date consumption on Dalma Island, United Arab Emirates

Antiquity

Volumn 75, Issue 287, 2001, Pages 83-89

  Beech, Mark ^a   Shepherd, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Norfolk Archaeological Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronology; Dates; Near East; Phoenix dactylifera; Subsistence

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTIVATION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HARVESTING;

DALMA ISLAND; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0034762474     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00052765     Document Type: Article

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