Population nucleation, intensive agriculture, and environmental degradation: The Cahokia example

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 255-261

  Woods, William I ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern North America; Prehistoric Agriculture; Soils

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 2642530065     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AHUM.0000029398.01906.5e     Document Type: Article

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