Comparing pollen and archaeobotanical data for Chalcolithic cereal agriculture at Çatalhöyük, Turkey
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عنوان ژورنال: Quaternary Science Reviews
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0277-3791
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.11.012