Crops and weeds: the role of weed functional ecology in the identification of crop husbandry methods

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-77

  Jones, G ^a   Charles, M ^a   Bogaard, A ^a   Hodgson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CROP HUSBANDRY; CULTIVATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; IRRIGATION; NEOLITHIC; PALEOBOTANY; WEED;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 70350780061     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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