On the early holocene: Foraging to early agriculture

Economic Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 513, 2006, Pages 751-772

  Marceau, Nicolas ^a   Myers, Gordon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; EXPLOITATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; HOLOCENE;

EID: 33746043782     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01110.x     Document Type: Article

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