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Harappan seeds and agriculture: some considerations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Dorian Q. Fuller
Dorian Q. Fuller*
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Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY, England.
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Antiquity , Volume 75 , Issue 288 , June 2001 , pp. 410 - 414
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2001

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