Agricultural innovation and state collapse in Meroitic Nubia: The impact of the savannah package

Archaeology of African Plant Use

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 165-177

  Fuller, Dorian Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315434018-20     Document Type: Chapter

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