Narrowing the gap exploring the diversity of early food-production economies in the Americas

Current Anthropology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 677-680

  Iriarte, Josć ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70349561561     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605493     Document Type: Note

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