Late Holocene fire and agriculture in the Copan Valley, Honduras

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 267-272

  Rue, David ^a   Webster, David ^b   Traverse, Alfred ^b  

^a Archaeological/Historical Consultant   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHARCOAL; FIRE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HOLOCENE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

HONDURAS;

EID: 0036771518     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095653610213210X     Document Type: Article

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