Olive oil production in Hellenistic Greece: The interpretation of charred olive remains from the site of Tria Platania, Macedonia, Greece (fourth-second century b.c.)

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 393-401

  Margaritis, Evi ^a   Jones, Martin ^b  

^a American School of Classical Studies at Athens   (Greece)

^b MCDONALD INSTITUTE FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crop processing; Hellenistic Greece; Oil production; Olea europaea

Indexed keywords

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 44749085145     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-008-0155-9     Document Type: Article

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