‘Go(a)t milk?’ New perspectives on the zooarchaeological evidence for the earliest intensification of dairying in south eastern Europe

World Archaeology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 792-818

  Greenfield, Haskel J ^a   Arnold, Elizabeth R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balkans; domestic livestock; Milking; Neolithic; secondary products; zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ARCHAEOLOGY; DAIRY FARMING; LIVESTOCK; NEOLITHIC;

BALKANS;

BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84945490208     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2015.1029076     Document Type: Article

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