The diet of Eneolithic (Copper Age, Fourth millennium cal b.c.) pile dwellers and the early formation of the cultural landscape south of the Alps: A case study from Slovenia

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-89

  Jeraj, Marjeta ^a   Velušček, Anton ^b   Jacomet, Stefanie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Central Slovenia; Eneolithic (Late Neolithic); Human impact; Lake shore settlement; Ljubljansko barje; Plant economy

Indexed keywords

CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CORNUS; CORNUS MAS; CORYLUS; CORYLUS AVELLANA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; LATHYRUS; LATHYRUS SATIVUS; PAPAVER; PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM; QUERCUS; RUBUS FRUTICOSUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM DICOCCON; TRITICUM MONOCOCCUM; VICIA; VITACEAE; VITIS; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 57149094335     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-008-0144-z     Document Type: Article

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