A record of sustained prehistoric and historic land use from the cahokia region, illinois, USA

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 499-502

  Munoz, Samuel E ^a   Schroeder, Sissel ^a   Fike, David A ^b   Williams, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FLOODS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); ISOTOPES; LAKES; REFORESTATION;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NATIVE AMERICANS; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; VEGETATION CHANGE;

LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; CROP; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND USE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PREHISTORIC;

CAHOKIA; HORSESHOE LAKE; ILLINOIS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84902123741     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35541.1     Document Type: Article

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