The Emergence of Maize Farming in Northwest Mexico

Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 315-333

  Hard, Robert J ^a   Adams, Karen R ^a   Roney, John R ^a   Schmidt, Kari M ^a   Fritz, Gayle J ^a  

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Author keywords

Agricultural Adaptation; Amaranth Seed; American Antiquity; Maize Farming; Salt Lake City

Indexed keywords

EID: 75849120343     PISSN: 15682722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-71303-8_16     Document Type: Chapter

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