Wind erosion and intensive prehistoric agriculture: A case study from the Kalaupapa field system, Moloka'i Island, Hawai'i

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 511-532

  McCoy, Mark D ^a   Hartshorn, Anthony S ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ARCHAEOLOGY; PREHISTORIC; WIND EROSION;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MOLOKAI;

EID: 34248372089     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20170     Document Type: Article

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