Deep-sea fishing in the European Mesolithic: Fact or fantasy?

European Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 273-290

  Pickard, Catriona ^a   Bonsall, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep sea fishing; Europe; Fishing; Mesolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 47949123476     PISSN: 14619571     EISSN: 17412722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461957104056504     Document Type: Article

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