Oil palm, arboriculture, and changing subsistence practices during Kintampo times (3600-3200BP, Ghana)

Quaternary International

Volumn 249, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-71

  Logan, Amanda L ^a   D'Andrea, A Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANT; STONE AGE; SUBSISTENCE;

GHANA;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84855912760     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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