Introduced Dioscorea spp. starch in Lapita and later deposits, Vao Island, Vanuatu

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 179-183

  Horrocks, M ^a,b   Bedford, S ^c  

^a MICROFOSSIL RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ancient starch; Dioscorea; Lapita; Prehistoric horticulture; Vanuat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; CULTIVAR; CULTIVATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MONOCOTYLEDON; PREHISTORIC; STARCH; TUBER;

VANUATU; VAO;

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA NUMMULARIA; DIOSCOREA PENTAPHYLLA; DIOSCOREACEAE;

EID: 79959975060     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2010.502238     Document Type: Article

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