Prehispanic changes in wetland topography and their implications to past and future wetland agriculture at Laguna Mandinga, Veracruz, Mexico

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 313-327

  Heimo, Maija ^a   Siemens, Alfred H ^b,e   Hebda, Richard ^c,d  

^a THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ROYAL BRITISH COLUMBIA MUSEUM   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Central Veracruz; Hydrology; Mesoamerica; Mexico; Prehispanic agriculture; Reactivation; Stratigraphy; Topography; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 10944250183     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-003-1217-3     Document Type: Article

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