Beyond cereals: Crop processing and Vitis vinifera L. Ethnography, experiment and charred grape remains from Hellenistic Greece

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 784-805

  Margaritis, Evi ^a   Jones, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Crop processing; Experimental charring; Hellenistic Greece; Raisins; Vitis vinifera L.; Wine

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE;

VITACEAE; VITIS; VITIS SP.; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 33645097963     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.10.021     Document Type: Article

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