Polynesian plant subsistence in prehistoric New Zealand: A summary of the microfossil evidence

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 321-334

  Horrocks, M ^a,b  

^a MICROFOSSIL RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biogenic silica; New Zealand; Pollen; Polynesian plant subsistence; Starch residues

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CULTIVATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; HARVESTING; HISTORICAL RECORD; POLLEN; PREHISTORIC;

ALGAE; ASCOMYCOTA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BROUSSONETIA; BROUSSONETIA PAPYRIFERA; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; CUCURBITA; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; LAGENARIA; LAGENARIA SICERARIA; MORUS (PLANT); SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 3242707927     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2004.9512907     Document Type: Article

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