Ground cereal food preparations from Greece: The prehistory and modern survival of traditional Mediterranean 'fast foods'

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-39

  Valamoti, Soultana Maria ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bronze Age Greece; bulgur pligouri; chondros; Ground cereal food preparations; trachanas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873819468     PISSN: 18669557     EISSN: 18669565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-011-0058-z     Document Type: Review

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