Seasons of change: Using seasonal morphological changes in Brodiaea corms to determine season of harvest from archaeobotanical remains

American Antiquity

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 638-654

  Gill, Kristina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84924122627     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7183/0002-7316.79.4.638     Document Type: Article

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