The archaeobotany of Indian pulses: Identification, processing and evidence for cultivation

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-246

  Fuller, Dorian Q ^a   Harvey, Emma L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Crop processing; Domestication; Legumes; Neolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845512907     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174963106x123232     Document Type: Article

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