Harvesting the ‘wild’? Exploring the context of fruit and nut exploitation at Neolithic Dikili Tash, with special reference to wine

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 35-46

  Valamoti, Soultana Maria ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Eastern Macedonia region; Neolithic viticulture; Vitis vinifera L; Wild plant foods; Wine making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921936751     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: 16176278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-014-0487-6     Document Type: Article

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