New plant foods in Roman Britain - Dispersal and social access

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-36

  Van Der Veen, Marijke ^a   Livarda, Alexandra ^a   Hill, Alistair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Food; Fruits; Herbs; Horticulture; Roman Britain; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649129220     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174963108X279193     Document Type: Article

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