Paleoethnobotany: Modern Research Connecting Ancient Plants and Ancient Peoples

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-20

  Pennington, Heather L ^a   Weber, Steven A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeobotanical record; Archaeobotanical taphonomy; Archaeobotany; Archaeology; Prehistoric plant use

Indexed keywords

EID: 1442314354     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352680490273220     Document Type: Review

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