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11 - Household- vs. National-Scale Food Storage

Perspectives on Food Security from Archaeology and Contemporary India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2017

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Katherine A. Spielmann  and
Rimjhim M. Aggarwal
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Michelle Hegmon
Michelle Hegmon
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Arizona State University
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The Give and Take of Sustainability
Archaeological and Anthropological Perspectives on Tradeoffs
 , pp. 244 - 271
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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