At the crossroads: Starch grain and phytolith analyses in Lucayan prehistory

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-203

  Berman, Mary Jane ^a   Pearsall, Deborah M ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 60950564928     PISSN: 10456635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1045663500007793     Document Type: Article

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