Microfossils of introduced starch cultigens from an early wetland ditch in New Zealand

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 106-114

  Horrocks, Mark ^a,b   Barber, Ian ^c  

^a MICROFOSSIL RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agriculture; New Zealand; Plant microfossils; Starch crops; Wetland ditches

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747016656     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2005.tb00596.x     Document Type: Article

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