Permanent vs. shifting cultivation in the Eastern Woodlands of North America prior to European contact

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 181-189

  Doolittle, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Woodlands; Ecology; Shifting cultivation; Slash and burn; Swidden agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642569924     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AHUM.0000029399.21343.fc     Document Type: Article

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