The Late Neolithic settlement of Latsch, Vinschgau, northern Italy: Subsistence of a settlement contemporary with the Alpine Iceman, and located in his valley of origin

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 367-379

  Festi, Daniela ^a   Tecchiati, Umberto ^b   Steiner, Hubert ^b   Oeggl, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Autonome Provinz Bozen Denkmalpflege   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Animal husbandry; Archaeobotany; Archaeozoology; Copper Age; Inner Alps

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS PRIMIGENIUS; CAPRA; CAPRA AEGAGRUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PISUM SATIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM DICOCCON; TRITICUM MONOCOCCUM;

EID: 80051878981     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-011-0308-0     Document Type: Article

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