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Botanical Archaeology

Olive oil storage during the fifth and sixth millennia BC at Ein Zippori, Northern Israel

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Pages 65-74 | Received 03 Aug 2014, Accepted 22 Aug 2014, Published online: 24 Nov 2014

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