Insights into the earliest agriculture of Central Portugal: Sickle implements from the Early Neolithic site of Cortiçóis (Santarém)

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-43

  Carvalho, António Faustino ^a   Gibaja, Juan F ^b   Cardoso, João Luís ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ABERTA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Early Neolithic; Portugal; Sickle typologies; Use wear

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXCAVATION; NEOLITHIC; NUMERICAL MODEL; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84873566365     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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