The black san pablo paleosol of the teotihuacan valley, mexico: Pedogenesis, fertility, and use in ancient agricultural and urban systems

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 249-267

  Sánchez Pérez, Serafín ^a   Solleiro Rebolledo, Elizabeth ^a   Sedov, Sergey ^a   de Tapia, Emily McClung ^b   Golyeva, Alexandra ^c   Prado, Blanca ^a   Ibarra Morales, Emilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CLASSIC PERIOD; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PALYNOLOGY; PEDOGENESIS; PHYTOLITH; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL HORIZON; URBAN AREA;

CALABARZON; LAGUNA [CALABARZON]; MEXICO [MEXICO (NTN)]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PHILIPPINES; SAN PABLO; TEOTIHUACAN;

EID: 84876076708     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.21439     Document Type: Article

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