Late pre-Columbian agroforestry in the tropical lowlands of western Ecuador

Quaternary International

Volumn 249, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-52

  Stahl, Peter W ^a   Pearsall, Deborah M ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; FAUNA; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT;

ECUADOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84855953120     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.04.034     Document Type: Article

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