UNA APROXIMACIÓN ISOTÓPICA AL CONSUMO DE MAÍZ EN LA LOCALIDAD ARQUEOLÓGICA RÍO DONCELLAS (DPTO. DE COCHINOCA, PROV. DE JUJUY)

VIOLETA A. KILLIAN GALVÁN; DANIEL E. OLIVERA; ERNESTO GALLEGOS

Las manos en la masa. Arqueologías y Antropologías de la alimentación en Suramérica

P. Babot, F. Pazzarelli y M. Marschoff (Eds.)

Lugar: Córdoba; Año: 2011;

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