Methodological issues in paleoethnobotany: A consideration of issues, methods, and cases

Integrating Zooarchaeology and Paleoethnobotany: A Consideration of Issues, Methods, and Cases

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 37-64

  Wright, Patti J ^a,b  

^a Las Vegas Springs Preserve Project   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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