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Making the invisible visible: tracing the origins of plants in West African cuisine through archaeobotanical and organic residue analysis

Dunne, Julie, Höhn, Alexa, Neumann, Katharina, Franke, Gabriele, Breunig, Peter, Champion, Louis, Gillard, Toby, Walton-Doyle, Caitlin, Evershed, Richard P.·2022·Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
DOI 10.1007/s12520-021-01476-0
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Dunne, J., Höhn, A., Neumann, K., Franke, G., Breunig, P., Champion, L., Gillard, T., Walton-Doyle, C., & Evershed, R. P.
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Dunne, Julie
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  • 1866-9565
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