The origins of agriculture: New data, new ideas

Current Anthropology

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2011, Pages

  Douglas Price, T ^a   Bar Yosef, Ofer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80054908561     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659964     Document Type: Review

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