To Salt or Not to Salt: A Review of Evidence for Processed Marine Products and Local Traditions in the Aegean Through Time

Journal of Maritime Archaeology - Tập 13 Số 3 - Trang 389-406 - 2018
Tatiana Theodoropoulou1
1Equipe de Protohistoire égéenne, Archéologies et Sciences de l’Antiquité (ArScAn)-UMR 7041, Paris, France

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