Mesolithic and neolithic subsistence in Denmark: New stable isotope data

Current Anthropology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 288-295

  Richards, Michael P ^a   Price, T Douglas ^b   Koch, Eva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0141803176     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/367971     Document Type: Article

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