Midden cultivation in prehistoric Britain: Arable crops in gardens

World Archaeology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 224-239

  Guttmann, Erika B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Farming; Manuring; Midden; Neolithic; Prehistory

Indexed keywords

ARABLE FARMING; MIDDEN;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22144461066     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240500094937     Document Type: Article

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