Plant diversity in the archaeological record: A means toward defining hunter-gatherer mobility strategies

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1129-1139

  Bonzani, Renée M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colombia; Lowland savannas; Mobility strategies; Paleoethnobotany; Subsistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005426439     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1997.0192     Document Type: Article

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