Prehispanic human ecology of the río verde drainage basin, mexico

World Archaeology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-94

  Joyce, Arthur A ^a   Mueller, Raymond G ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion; Geoarchaeology; Human ecology; Human impact; Mesoamerican archaeology; Pre columbian agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 3643096848     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.1997.9980364     Document Type: Article

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