Dynamic optimization of horticulture among the Muscogee Creek Indians of the southeastern United States

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 411-424

  Foster II, H Thomas ^a  

^a Panamerican Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Creek indians; Foraging theory; Georgia; Horticulture; Marginal value theorem; Muscogee; Optimization; Risk minimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344154293     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4165(03)00062-X     Document Type: Article

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