Microbotanical remains reveal Polynesian agriculture and mixed cropping in early New Zealand

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 147-157

  Horrocks, M ^a   Shane, P A ^a   Barber, I G ^b   D'Costa, D M ^a   Nichol, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

microbotanical remains; New Zealand; Polynesia; prehistoric agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CROPPING PRACTICE; PREHISTORIC; SEDIMENT CORE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

BROUSSONETIA; BROUSSONETIA PAPYRIFERA; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; CUCURBITA; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; LAGENARIA; LAGENARIA SICERARIA; MORUS (PLANT); SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 3543125438     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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