Archaeobotany and the social context of food

Acta Palaeobotanica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 195-202

  Palmer, Carol ^a   Van Der Veen, Marijke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Archaeology; Consumption; Food; Old World; Social context

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009403580     PISSN: 00016594     EISSN: 20820259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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