Porridge and pot, bread and oven: Food ways and symbolism in Africa and the Near East from the Neolithic to the present

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-182

  Haaland, Randi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 43249136629     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774307000236     Document Type: Review

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