Phaseolus (Fabaceae) in archaeology: AMS radiocarbon dates and their significance for pre-colombian agriculture

Economic Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 261-272

  Kaplan, Lawrence ^a   Lynch, Thomas F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMS; Bean; Paleoethnobotany; Phaseolus; Pre Columbian agriculture; Radiocarbon dates

Indexed keywords

FABACEAE; PHASEOLUS; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS ACUTIFOLIUS; PHASEOLUS LUNATUS; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032860054     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02866636     Document Type: Article

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