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“The wet and the wild followed by the dry and the tame” – or did they occur at the same time? Diet in Mesolithic – Neolithic southern Sweden

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Kerstin Lidén ,
Gunilla Eriksson ,
Bengt Nordqvist ,
Anders Götherström  and
Erik Bendixen
Kerstin Lidén
Affiliation:
Archaeological Research Laboratory, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Gunilla Eriksson
Affiliation:
Archaeological Research Laboratory, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Bengt Nordqvist
Affiliation:
Board of National Antiquities, UV Väst, Box 102 59, S-434 23 Kungsbacka, Sweden
Anders Götherström
Affiliation:
Department of Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala University, Norbyu. 18 D, S-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
Erik Bendixen
Affiliation:
Slåttervägen 29A, S-756 46 Uppsala, Sweden
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Antiquity , Volume 78 , Issue 299 , March 2004 , pp. 23 - 33
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