New evidence for the use of root foods in pre-agrarian subsistence recovered from the late mesolithic site at Halsskov, Denmark

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 23-31

  Kubiak Martens, Lucyna ^a  

^a BIAX CONSULT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Denmark; Hunter gatherers; Mesolithic; Pit cooking; Root foods; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ALLIUM URSINUM; CONOPODIUM; CONOPODIUM MAJUS; NUPHAR; NUPHAR PUMILA;

EID: 0036023137     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003340200003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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