Fungal spores record Iroquoian and Canadian agriculture in 2nd millennium A.D. sediment of Crawford Lake, Ontario, Canada

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 495-501

  McAndrews, John H ^a,b   Turton, Charles L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Branta canadensis; Canada goose; Crawford Lake; Crop plants; Fossil fungal spores; Iroquoian

Indexed keywords

ANSER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRANTA CANADENSIS; CUCURBITA PEPO; FUNGI; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PUCCINIA GRAMINIS; PUCCINIA GRAMINIS F. SP. TRITICI; PUCCINIA SORGHI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; UROMYCES APPENDICULATUS; USTILAGO MAYDIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78649702162     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-010-0237-3     Document Type: Article

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