Archaeobotanical and GIS-based approaches to prehistoric agriculture in the upper Ying valley, Henan, China

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1480-1489

  Zhang, Hai ^a   Bevan, Andrew ^b   Fuller, Dorian ^b   Fang, Yanming ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology   (China)

Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Crop processing; Mantel matrices; Millet; Principle component analysis; Rice

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BRONZE AGE; DATA PROCESSING; GIS; MILLET; NEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RICE;

CHINA; HENAN;

EID: 77952545039     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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