The consequences of early food production: Three recent contributions

Reviews in Anthropology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-107

  Smith, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Food production; Social complexity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649736438     PISSN: 00938157     EISSN: 15563014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00938151003772843     Document Type: Review

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