An integrated perspective on farming in the early Neolithic lakeshore site of la Draga (Banyoles, Spain)

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 241-255

  Antolín, Ferran ^a   Buxó, Ramon ^b   Jacomet, Stefanie ^a   Navarrete, Vanessa ^c   Saña, Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya Girona   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal and crop husbandry; Archaeobotany; Archaeozoology; Farming models; Intensive farming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907272738     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1749631414Y.0000000027     Document Type: Article

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