"Made in Brazil": Human Dispersal of the Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa, Lecythidaceae) in Ancient Amazonia

Economic Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-65

  Shepard Jr , Glenn H ^a   Ramirez, Henri ^b  

^a MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE RONDÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Amazonian archeology; historical ecology; historical linguistics; landscape domestication; non timber forest products; plant genetics

Indexed keywords

BERTHOLLETIA; BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA; LECYTHIDACEAE; LECYTHIS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 79952575158     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-011-9151-6     Document Type: Review

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