Gathering and processing of lyme-grass (elymus arenarius L.) in Iceland: An ethnohistorical account

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 13-23

  Guömundsson, Garöar ^a  

^a Pjoominjasafn Islands   (Iceland)

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EID: 21344458986     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00189431     Document Type: Article

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