Plant use in three Pre-Pottery Neolithic sites of the northern and eastern Fertile Crescent: A preliminary report

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-106

  Riehl, Simone ^a   Benz, Marion ^b   Conard, Nicholas J ^a   Darabi, Hojjat ^c   Deckers, Katleen ^a   Nashli, Hassan Fazeli ^c   Zeidi Kulehparcheh, Mohsen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Gathering; Iran; Near East; Origins of agriculture; PPN sites; Turkey

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. SPONTANEUM;

EID: 84856774387     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-011-0318-y     Document Type: Article

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