The archaeology of food preference

American Anthropologist

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 480-493

  Smith, Monica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Consensus model; Food identity; South Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746605313     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2006.108.3.480     Document Type: Article

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