Microbotanical remains in landscape archaeology

Handbook of Landscape Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 430-441

  Rowe, Cassandra ^a   Kershaw, Peter ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85106096999     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315427737-56     Document Type: Chapter

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