Iron Age plant subsistence in the Inner Congo Basin (DR Congo)
| Titel: | Iron Age plant subsistence in the Inner Congo Basin (DR Congo) / Katharina Neumann, Barbara Eichhorn, Hans-Peter Wotzka |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Berlin; Heidelberg : Springer, 31.01.2022 |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (29 Seiten) |
| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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