Finding fodder and tracking transhumance: Isotopic detection of goat domestication processes in the near east

Current Anthropology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 495-505

  Makarewicz, Cheryl ^a   Tuross, Noreen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84864044405     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665829     Document Type: Article

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