A holocene vegetation history from lowland Guatemala

Holocene

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 265-271

  Islebe, Gerald A ^a   Hooghiemstra, Henry ^a   Brenner, Mark ^b   Curtis, Jason H ^b   Hodell, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

AMS dating; Guatemala; Holocene; Maya culture; Pollen analysis; vegetation history; wood radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

AMBROSIA; MORACEAE; URTICACEAE; ZEA;

FOREST REGROWTH; KARST; LAND CLEARANCE; MAYAN CIVILIZATION; POLLEN ANALYSIS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

GUATEMALA, PETEN, LAKE PETEN-ITZA;

EID: 0029660803     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369600600302     Document Type: Article

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