California indian proto-agriculture: Its characterization and legacy

Biodiversity in Agriculture: Domestication, Evolution, and Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 190-224

  Anderson, M Kat ^a   Wohlgemuth, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Far Western Anthropological Research Group Inc   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139019514.011     Document Type: Chapter

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