Did the first farmers of central and eastern Europe produce dairy foods?

Antiquity

Volumn 79, Issue 306, 2005, Pages 882-894

  Craig, Oliver E ^a   Chapman, John ^b   Heron, Carl ^c   Willis, Laura H ^c   Bartosiewicz, László ^d   Taylor, Gillian ^a   Whittle, Alasdair ^e   Collins, Matthew ^f  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceramic; Dairying; Faunal remains; Lipids; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047123042     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00115017     Document Type: Article

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