Pottery use among late foragers and early farmers in the Baltic: New molecular and isotopic investigations

Bericht der Romisch-Germanischen Kommission

Volumn 89, Issue , 2008, Pages 11-26

  Heron, Carl ^a   Craig, Oliver E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceramic vessels; Continuity; Discontinuity; Early neolithic; Erteb lle culture; Isotope analyses; LIPID analyses; Mesolithic; Practice; Southern scandinavia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894192870     PISSN: 03419312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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