PreColumbian agriculture and forest disturbance in Costa Rica: Palaeoecological evidence from two lowland rainforest lakes

Holocene

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-299

  Northrop, Lisa A ^a,b   Horn, Sally P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b ST JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

charcoal; Costa Rica; forest disturbance; human impact; indigenous agriculture; Lake sediments; lowland rainforest; pollen; preColumbian; vegetation; Zea

Indexed keywords

MYRSINE; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FOREST DISTURBANCE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENT; LAND CLEARANCE; PRECOLUMBIAN AGRICULTURE; RAINFOREST;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0029660805     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369600600304     Document Type: Article

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