The intensification of pre-industrial cereal agriculture in the tropics: Boserup, cultivation lengthening, and the classic Maya

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 126-161

  Johnston, Kevin J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cereal cultivation; Ester Boserup; Intensification; Maya archaeology; Mesoamerica; Population growth; Tropical agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037670712     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4165(03)00013-8     Document Type: Article

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