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A Roman Iron Age funerary deposit from Præstestien, southwestern Jutland, and the early cultivation of rye in Denmark

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David Robinson  and
Palle Siemen
David Robinson
Affiliation:
Naturvidenskabelige Afdeling, Nationalmuseet, Ny Vestergade 11, 1471 København K, Denmark
Palle Siemen
Affiliation:
Esbjerg Museum, Nørregade 25, DK 6700 Esbjerg, Denmark
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This report presents new evidence for cultivation of rye in Denmark in the first centuries AD, from a context which suggests that more than simple agricultural subsistence was concerned.

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Antiquity , Volume 62 , Issue 237 , December 1988 , pp. 697 - 703
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1988

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