First archaeological evidence of banana cultivation in central Africa during the third millennium before present

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-6

  Mindzie, Christophe Mbida ^a,e   Doutrelepont, Hughes ^a   Vrydaghs, Luc ^a,f   Swennen, Rony L ^b   Swennen, Rudy J ^c   Beeckman, Hans ^a   De Langhe, Edmond ^b   De Maret, Pierre ^d  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^b LABORATORY OF GENE TECHNOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Banana; Cameroon; Phytoliths

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035532478     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00013367     Document Type: Article

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