Missing plant macro remains as indicators of plant exploitation in Predynastic Egypt

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-294

  Fahmy, Ahmed Gamal El Din ^a  

^a Helwan University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Gatherers farmers; Hierakonpolis; Predynastic; Tubers and mericarps; Vegetative plant remains

Indexed keywords

ANETHUM; BALANITES; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; CORDIA; CORDIA SINENSIS; CYPERUS; CYPERUS ESCULENTUS; JUNCUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM DICOCCON; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS SPINA-CHRISTI;

EID: 33644686535     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-004-0058-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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