Plant remains as indicators for economic activity: A case study from Iron Age Ashkelon

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Weiss, Ehud ^a,b   Kislev, Mordechai E ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Building construction; Economic activities; Hinterland; Indicator plant species; Iron Age; Long distance wheat trade

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; FOOD STORAGE; WHEAT;

ASHKELON; ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 1642545693     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4403(03)00072-4     Document Type: Article

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