Norse Greenland dietary economy ca. AD 980-ca. AD 1450: Introduction

Journal of the North Atlantic

Volumn , Issue SPEC. VOL. 3, 2012, Pages 1-39

  Arneborg, Jette ^a,b   Lynnerup, Niels ^c   Heinemeier, Jan ^d   Møhl, Jeppe ^e   Rud, Niels ^d   Sveinbjörnsdóttir, Árný E ^f  

^a National Museum of Denmark   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

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EID: 84867495039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3721/037.004.s303     Document Type: Review

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