Maize, Beans and the floral isotopic diversity of highland Oaxaca, Mexico

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 868-873

  Warinner, Christina ^a   Garcia, Nelly Robles ^b   Tuross, Noreen ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia de México   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Carbon; Mesoamerica; Nitrogen; Oaxaca; Paleodiet; Stable isotopes; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; DIET; FLORISTICS; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBSISTENCE; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; UPLAND REGION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; OAXACA;

EID: 84883431932     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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