Delicacy or desperation? Eating peduncular barnacles in Neolithic Portugal

Journal of Ethnobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-91

  Dean, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

barnacles; coastal adaptations; marine resources; Neolithic; Portugal; zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

POLLICIPES POLLICIPES; THORACICA;

EID: 77954857547     PISSN: 02780771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771-30.1.80     Document Type: Article

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