Factors Controlling Pre-Columbian and Early Historic Maize Productivity in the American Southwest, Part 1: The Southern Colorado Plateau and Rio Grande Regions

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-60

  Benson, Larry V ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Maize agriculture; Soil chemistry; Southwest

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951549833     PISSN: 10725369     EISSN: 15737764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10816-010-9082-z     Document Type: Article

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