Earliest Cucurbita from the Great Lakes, Northern USA

Quaternary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 216-222

  Monaghan, G William ^a   Lovis, William A ^b   Egan Bruhy, Kathryn C ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Commonwealth Cultural Resources Group Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cucurbita; Food production; Great Lakes; Hypsithermal; Late Archaic; Paleoeconomy; Plant domestication; Squash

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTION; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; CUCURBITA; CUCURBITACEAE; PEPO;

EID: 33644595741     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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