Sources of meat in colonial diets: Faunal evidence from two nineteenth century Tasmanian whaling stations

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2002, Pages 23-34

  Lawrence, Susan ^a   Tucker, Catherine ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Diet; Faunal analysis; Post medieval; Salt meat; Whaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949652380     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/env.2002.7.1.23     Document Type: Article

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