Eel fishing in the Late Mesolithic and the Early Neolithic: A preliminary report from the stratified kitchen midden at Havnø, Denmark

Archaeofauna

Volumn 22, Issue , 2013, Pages 167-178

  Robson, Harry ^a   Andersen, Søren H ^b   Craig, Oliver ^a   Ritchie, Kenneth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Moesgard Museum   (Denmark)

^c not available   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Column sample; Denmark; Early Neolithic Funnel Beaker culture; European eel; Fishing; Kitchen midden; Late Mesolithic Erteb lle culture; Total length

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890415385     PISSN: 11326891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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