Direction of dispersion of cochineal (Dactylopius coccus Costa) within the Americas

Antiquity

Volumn 75, Issue 287, 2001, Pages 73-77

  Rodríguez, Luis C ^a   Méndez, Marco A ^a   Niemeyer, Hermann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cochineal; Mexico; Natural dyes; Peru; Trading

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DYE; ECONOMIC HISTORY; PHYLOGENETICS;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

COLEOPTERA; DACTYLOPIUS;

NATURAL DYE; TEXTILE HISTORY; TRANSPORT;

EID: 0343724578     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00052741     Document Type: Article

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