Spicing up life in northwestern Europe: Exotic food plant imports in the Roman and medieval world

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-164

  Livarda, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exotic food plants; Imports; Medieval; Northwestern Europe; Roman

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751503600     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-010-0273-z     Document Type: Review

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