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Agriculturalists and pastoralists

Bronze Age economy of the Murghab alluvial fan, southern Central Asia

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ID12200867
AuthorsR N Spengler (0000-0002-5648-6930, Washington University in St. Louis, corresponding author), Barbara Cerasetti (0000-0003-0071-572X, University of Bologna), Margareta Tengberg (0000-0002-7416-2219, Archéozoologie et Archéobotanique), Maurizio Cattani (0000-0003-2607-3657, University of Bologna), Lynne M Rouse (0000-0002-2354-0099, Washington University in St. Louis)
Year2014
Volume23
Issue6
Pages805-820
Publication date2014-03-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueVegetation History and Archaeobotany (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0939-6314 • E-ISSN: 1617-6278
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s00334-014-0448-0
OpenAlexW1975673571
LanguageEN
Citations received48
References cited52

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