Agriculture and livestock economy among prehistoric herders based on plant macro-remains from El Mirador (Atapuerca, Burgos)

Quaternary International

Volumn 414, Issue , 2016, Pages 272-284

  Rodríguez, Anna ^a   Allué, Ethel ^a,b   Buxó, Ramon ^c  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c Museu d'Arqueologia Catalunya G   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crops; Environment; Fodder; Food; Fuel; Mid Holocene

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; CROP PLANT; FODDER; FOOD SUPPLY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NEOLITHIC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

BURGOS [CASTILLA Y LEON]; CASTILLA Y LEON; SPAIN;

QUERCUS;

EID: 84958190898     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.01.045     Document Type: Article

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