The possible use of acorns in past economies of the Southern Levant: A staple food or a negligible food source?

Levant

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-175

  Rosenberg, Danny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acorns; Prehistoric communities; Southern Levant; Staple food

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949145394     PISSN: 00758914     EISSN: 17563801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/175638008X348025     Document Type: Review

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