The 'natural' vegetation of the Mexican Bajío: Archival documentation of a 16th-century savanna environment

Quaternary International

Volumn 43-44, Issue , 1997, Pages 161-172

  Butzer, Karl W ^a   Butzer, Elisabeth K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0000247703     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1040-6182(97)00032-3     Document Type: Article

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