Old World globalization and the Columbian exchange: Comparison and contrast

World Archaeology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 452-469

  Boivin, Nicole ^a   Fuller, Dorian Q ^b   Crowther, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; archaeobotany; Bronze Age; crop exchanges; Eurasia; trade

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BOTANY; BRONZE AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; GLOBALIZATION; GOODS EXCHANGE; PREHISTORIC; TRADE RELATIONS;

AFRICA; EURASIA;

EID: 84869765234     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2012.729404     Document Type: Article

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