The origins of agriculture in the Near East

Current Anthropology

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2011, Pages

  Zeder, Melinda A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1086/659307     Document Type: Article

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