After the harvest: Investigating the role of food processing in past human societies

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Capparelli, Aylen ^a   Valamoti, Soultana Maria ^b   Wollstonecroft, Michèle M ^c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84873806412     PISSN: 18669557     EISSN: 18669565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-011-0063-2     Document Type: Editorial

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