A Bayesian approach to dating agricultural terraces: A case from the Philippines

Antiquity

Volumn 83, Issue 321, 2009, Pages 801-814

  Acabado, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Ifugao; Philippines; Rice; Sixteenth century; Spanish; Terraced fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953037168     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00099002     Document Type: Article

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