Rooting for pigfruit: Pig feeding in Neolithic and Iron Age Britain compared

Antiquity

Volumn 83, Issue 322, 2009, Pages 998-1011

  Hamilton, Julie ^a   Hedges, Robert E M ^a   Robinson, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Diet; Fungus; Iron Age; Neolithic; Pig; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952923010     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00099300     Document Type: Article

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