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Luxury foods in medieval Islamic societies. / Waines, David.
In: World Archaeology, Vol. 34, No. 3, 02.2003, p. 571-580.

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Waines D. Luxury foods in medieval Islamic societies. World Archaeology. 2003 Feb;34(3):571-580. doi: 10.1080/0043824021000026521

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Waines, David. / Luxury foods in medieval Islamic societies. In: World Archaeology. 2003 ; Vol. 34, No. 3. pp. 571-580.

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