Late prehistoric wood use in an andean intermontane valley

Economic Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 337-355

  Hastorf, Christine A ^a   Whitehead, William T ^a   Johannessen, Sissel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ethnobotany and Paleoethnobotany   (United States)

Author keywords

(pre)historic wood use; Andes; Archaeobotany; Wood identification

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; BETULACEAE; BUDDLEJA; COLLETIA; POLYLEPIS;

EID: 30844431721     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2005)059[0337:LPWUIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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