What’s for dinner? Processed food in the coastal area of the northern Netherlands in the Late Neolithic

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 47-62

  Kubiak Martens, Lucy ^a   Brinkkemper, Otto ^b   Oudemans, Tania F M ^c  

^a BIAX CONSULT   (Netherlands)

^b Cultural Heritage Agency   (Netherlands)

^c Kenaz Consult for Advice and Analysis in Biomolecular Archaeology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Chemical analysis; Cultivation and gathering; Late Neolithic; Organic residues; Parenchyma; Single Grave culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027932438     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: 16176278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-014-0485-8     Document Type: Article

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