Processing palm fruits in the Nile Valley - Biomolecular evidence from Qasr Ibrim

Antiquity

Volumn 75, Issue 289, 2001, Pages 538-542

  Copley, Mark S ^a   Rose, Pamela J ^b   Clapham, Alan ^b   Edwards, David N ^c   Horton, Mark C ^a   Evershed, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Egypt Exploration Society   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Date palm; Fatty acids; Nubia; Qasr ibrim; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039565373     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00088761     Document Type: Article

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