First Farmers: The Origins of Agricultural Societies

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-109

  Bellwood, Peter ^a   Gamble, Clive ^b   le Blanc, Steven A ^c   Pluciennik, Mark ^d   Richards, Martin ^e   Terrell, John Edward ^f  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture, origins; archaeological theory; farming, origins; language dispersal

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007991961     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: 14740540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774307000078     Document Type: Article

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