New archaeobotanical information on early cultivation and plant domestication involving microplant (phytolith and starch grain) remains

Biodiversity in Agriculture: Domestication, Evolution, and Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 136-159

  Piperno, Dolores R ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139019514.009     Document Type: Chapter

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