Intensive agriculture and socio-political development in the Lake Pátzcuaro Basin, Michoacán, Mexico

Antiquity

Volumn 73, Issue 281, 1999, Pages 642-649

  Fisher, Christopher T ^a   Pollard, Helen P ^b   Frederick, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Intensive agriculture; Landscapes; Tarascan; West Mexico; Wetland agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; CLIMATE CHANGE; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE;

MEXICO;

EID: 0032749003     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00065248     Document Type: Article

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