Hazelnut economy of early Holocene hunter-gatherers: A case study from Mesolithic Duvensee, northern Germany

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2871-2880

  Holst, Daniela ^a  

^a Palaeolithic Research Unit   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hazelnut; High return harvesting; Land use; Mesolithic; Northern Germany; Subsistence

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; HARVESTING; HUNTER-GATHERER; LAND USE; MESOLITHIC; NUT; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SUBSISTENCE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

GERMANY;

CORYLUS;

EID: 77956178797     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.06.028     Document Type: Article

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