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Archaeobotanical evidence for early date consumption on Dalma Island, United Arab Emirates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Mark Beech  and
Elizabeth Shepherd
Mark Beech
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of York, The King's Manor, York YO1 7EP, England.
Elizabeth Shepherd
Affiliation:
Norfolk Archaeological Unit, Garsett House, St Andrews Hall Plain, Norwich NR3 1AU, England.
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Extract

The discovery of carbonized date stones in the United Arab Emirates has made a contribution to the dating of early date consumption in the Near East.

Keywords

datesPhoenix dactyliferachronologysubsistenceNear East
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News & Notes
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Antiquity , Volume 75 , Issue 287 , March 2001 , pp. 83 - 89
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2001

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