Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) and banana (Musa sp.) microfossils in deposits from the Kona Field System, Island of Hawaii

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1115-1126

  Horrocks, Mark ^a,b   Rechtman, Robert B ^c  

^a MICROFOSSIL RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Rechtman Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Hawaii; Introduced crops; Ipomoea batatas; Kona Field System; Musa; Plant microfossils; Polynesian horticulture

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CROP; CROPPING PRACTICE; CULTIVATION; FRUIT; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MICROFOSSIL; PALYNOLOGY; PHYTOLITH; POTATO; RADIOCARBON DATING; SAMPLING; SOIL;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA;

IPOMOEA BATATAS; MUSA; MUSA SP.;

EID: 61449190652     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

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