The contributions of zooarchaeology to historical ecology in the neotropics

Quaternary International

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-16

  Stahl, Peter W ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT MOSAIC; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MALTHUSIAN THEORY; MODELING; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PALEOBIOLOGY;

EID: 41849087733     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.08.028     Document Type: Article

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