Power plants: Paleobotanical evidence of rural feasting in late classic belize

Pre-Columbian Foodways: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Food, Culture, and Markets in Ancient Mesoamerica

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 421-440

  Goldstein, David J ^a   Hageman, Jon B ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84867671326     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0471-3_17     Document Type: Chapter

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