Erratum: Corrigendum to “Early dispersals of maize and other food plants into the Southern Caribbean and Northeastern South America” (Quaternary Science Reviews (2015) 123 (231–246) (S0277379115300445) (10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.07.005));Early dispersals of maize and other food plants into the Southern Caribbean and Northeastern South America

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 123, Issue , 2015, Pages 231-246

  Pagán Jiménez, Jaime R ^a   Rodríguez Ramos, Reniel ^b   Reid, Basil A ^c   van den Bel, Martijn ^d   Hofman, Corinne L ^e  

^a Centra de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe Apartacio   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives INRAP   (French Guiana)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Achira; Caribbean; Chili peppers; Early agriculture; Maize; Sweet potato

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACHIRA; CARIBBEAN; CHILI PEPPER; MAIZE; SWEET POTATO;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CULTIVAR; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSAL; EDIBLE SPECIES; MAIZE; MONOCOTYLEDON; ROOT VEGETABLE; STRAIN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; DIOSCOREACEAE; FABACEAE; IPOMOEA BATATAS; ZAMIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84937028365     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.07.018     Document Type: Erratum

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