Assessing the scale of prehistoric human impact in the neotropics using stable carbon isotope analyses of lake sediments: A test case from Costa Rica

Latin American Antiquity

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 120-133

  Lane, Chad S ^a,b   Horn, Sally P ^a   Taylor, Zachary P ^a   Mora, Claudia I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65849096348     PISSN: 10456635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1045663500002546     Document Type: Article

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