Contrasting subsistence strategies in the early iron age? - New results from the alföld plain, Hungary, and the thracian plain, Bulgaria

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-187

  Chapman, John ^a   Magyari, Eniköl ^a,b   Gaydarska, Bisserka ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IRON AGE; LAND USE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

ALFOLD; BULGARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

LACUNA; THRACIA;

EID: 65449121059     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: 14680092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2009.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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