Reconstructing agricultural self-sufficiency at Chunchucmil, Yucatan, Mexico

Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-247

  Dahlin, Bruce H ^a   Beach, Timothy ^b   Luzzadder Beach, Sheryl ^c   Hixson, David ^d   Hutson, Scott ^e   Magnoni, Aline ^d   Mansell, Eugenia ^f   Mazeau, Daniel E ^g  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Dumbarton Oaks   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^g NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY;

CHUNCHUCMIL; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN;

EID: 33645676357     PISSN: 09565361     EISSN: 14691787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956536105050212     Document Type: Article

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