Cicer arietinum (chick pea) in the Neolithic and Chalcolithic of Bulgaria: Implications for cultural contacts with the neighbouring regions?

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Marinova, Elena ^a,c   Popova, Tzvetana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Early farming; Neolithic; Pulses; SE Europe

Indexed keywords

CICER; CICER ARIETINUM; PISUM SATIVUM; THRACIA;

EID: 57049154035     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-008-0159-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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