The first find in southern Georgia of fossil honey from the Bronze Age, based on palynological data

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 399-404

  Kvavadze, Eliso ^a   Gambashidze, Irina ^a   Mindiashvili, Giorgi ^a   Gogochuri, Giorgi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bronze age; Caucasus; Early kurgan culture; Fossil honey; Pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

APIACEAE; APIALES; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; MALVACEAE; POACEAE; ROSACEAE; TILIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34347266602     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-006-0067-5     Document Type: Article

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