Late prehistoric soil fertility, irrigation management, and agricultural production in northwest coastal Peru

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-46

  Nordt, Lee ^a   Hayashida, Frances ^b   Hallmark, Tom ^c   Crawford, Corey ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AVAILABLE WATER CAPACITY; COTTON; CULTIVATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEGUME; MAIZE; SOIL FERTILITY;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS; PERU;

EID: 2442617303     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.10102     Document Type: Article

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