Pest and diseases of prehistoric crops: A yield 'honeymoon' for early grain crops in Europe?

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-78

  Dark, Petra ^a   Gent, Henry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Mosshayne Farm   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; GRAIN CROP; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; PEST OUTBREAK; PREHISTORIC; YIELD;

EID: 0035049076     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0092.00123     Document Type: Article

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