Winnowing the archaeological evidence for domesticated sunflower in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 30, 2008, Pages

  Smith, Bruce D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; COLOMBIA; DOMESTICATED PLANT; GEOLOGICAL TIME; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUNFLOWER;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ARCHAEOLOGY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HELIANTHUS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; MEXICO;

HELIANTHUS;

EID: 48749083402     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804434105     Document Type: Letter

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