The age of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in the northern Eastern Woodlands of North America

Antiquity

Volumn 76, Issue 292, 2002, Pages 377-385

  Hart, John P ^a   Asch, David L ^a   Scarry, C Margaret ^b   Crawford, Gary W ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

AMS dating; Common bean; Maize beans squash agriculture; Northeastern North America; Phaseolus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CROP PRODUCTION; DATING METHOD;

NORTH AMERICA;

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0036078452     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0003598x00090475     Document Type: Article

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