Further evidence on the prehistory of sesame

Asian Agri-History

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-137

  Fuller, D Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTIVATION; PREHISTORIC;

INDIA;

SESAMUM INDICUM; SESAMUM MALABARICUM; SESAMUM MULAYANUM;

EID: 0037386805     PISSN: 09717730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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