Plant domestication

Encyclopedia of Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1822-1842

  Pearsall, Deborah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; China; Crops; Domestication; Eastern north america; Formative; Maize (corn); Mesoamerica; Near east; Neolithic; New guinea; Rice; South america; Southeast asia; Sub saharan africa; Wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882459566     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373962-9.00081-9     Document Type: Chapter

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