Origin and environmental setting of ancient agriculture in the lowlands of Mesoamerica

Science

Volumn 292, Issue 5520, 2001, Pages 1370-1373

  Pope, Kevin O ^a   Pohl, Mary E D ^b   Jones, John C ^c   Lentz, David L ^d   Von Nagy, Christopher ^e   Vega, Francisco J ^f   Quitmyer, Irvy R ^g  

^a Geo Eco Arc Research   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Instituto de Geologia   (Mexico)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; COTTON; FORESTRY; RESEARCH; RIVERS; SEED;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH;

CULTIVATION;

AGRICULTURE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CULTIVATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; MAIZE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MAIZE; MEXICO; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGRICULTURE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHARCOAL; COMMERCE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GOSSYPIUM; HELIANTHUS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MEXICO; POLLEN; SEEDS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; ZEA MAYS;

MEXICO;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELIANTHUS; MANIHOT; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0035907007     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.292.5520.1370     Document Type: Article

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