Bioarchaeological research on animal dung-possibilities and limitations

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-3

  Marinova, Elena ^a   Linseele, Veerle ^a,b   Kühn, Marlu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84877111890     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1461410313Z.00000000023     Document Type: Editorial

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