Neolithic dairy technology at the European-Anatolian frontier: Implications of archaeozoological evidence from Ulucak Höyük, İzmir, Turkey, ca. 7000-5700 cal. BC

Anthropozoologica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 77-98

  Çakirlar, Canan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Animal husbandry; Archaeozoology; Milk exploitation; Mortality profiles; Neolithic dispersals; Secondary products; Ulucak

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874583243     PISSN: 07613032     EISSN: 21070881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5252/az2012n2a6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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