Garden cultivation of staple crops and its implications for settlement location and continuity

World Archaeology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-176

  Jones, Glynis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Garden; Greece; Horticulture; Neolithic; Pulses

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; CROP PRODUCTION; GARDEN;

EID: 22144440180     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240500094564     Document Type: Article

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