Maize pollen concentrations in Neotropical lake sediments as an indicator of the scale of prehistoric agriculture

Holocene

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 78-84

  Taylor, Z P ^a   Horn, S P ^a   Finkelstein, D B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; lake sediments; maize; pollen; prehistoric agriculture; stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOINDICATOR; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHARCOAL; DIATOM; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAIZE; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PHOSPHORUS; POLLEN; PREHISTORIC; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SHORE (NONMARINE); SOIL EROSION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATERSHED;

COSTA RICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84871378966     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683612450201     Document Type: Article

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