Primate archaeobotany: The potential for revealing nonhuman primate plant use in the African archaeological record

Archaeology of African Plant Use

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 25-35

  Haslam, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84969711971     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315434018-8     Document Type: Chapter

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