Evaluating fish and meat salting at prehistoric Zhongba, China

Journal of Field Archaeology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-253

  Flad, Rowan K ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Peabody Essex Museum   (United States)

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EID: 48949100214     PISSN: 00934690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/009346905791072288     Document Type: Review

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