Native American 'garden agriculture' in southeastern North America

World Archaeology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 259-274

  Scarry, C Margaret ^a   Scarry, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Granaries; Maize agriculture; Mississippian; Native American; Southeast

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; GARDEN;

ALABAMA; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 22144461792     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243500095199     Document Type: Article

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