Plant remains from an archaeological site as indicators of vegetation and agricultural practice between (3 320 ± 400) and (2 080 ± 80) yr BP in Gangetic West Bengal, India

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 628-641

  Ghosh, Ruby ^a   Bera, Subir ^a   D'Rozario, Ashalata ^b   Banerjee, Manju ^a   Chakraborty, Supriyo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b NARASINHA DUTT COLLEGE   (India)

^c BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Archaeological site; Culture, India; Pakhanna, plant remains; Vegetation; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; HISTORICAL TIME (HUMAN HISTORY); PLANT; RADIOCARBON DATING; RIVER BANK; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ASIA; BENGAL; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; ORYZA SATIVA; SHOREA; TAMARINDUS; TAMARINDUS INDICA; TERMINALIA; VIGNA MUNGO;

EID: 33744959820     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2006.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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