Ancient Maya cultivation in the southern Maya mountains of Belize: Complex and sustainable strategies uncovered

Antiquity

Volumn 83, Issue 319, 2009, Pages

  Dunham, Peter S ^a   Abramiuk, Marc A ^b   Cummings, Linda Scott ^c   Yost, Chad ^c   Pesek, Todd J ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Paleo Research Institute Colorado   (United States)

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