Prehistoric Puebloan yucca (Yucca) quids with wild tobacco (Nicotiana) contents: Molecular and morphological evidence from Antelope Cave, northwestern Arizona

Journal of Field Archaeology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 310-324

  Adams, Karen R ^a,d   Johnson, Keith L ^b   Murphy, Terence M ^c  

^a CROW CANYON ARCHAEOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antelope Cave; Nicotiana contents; Quids; Virgin anasazi; Yucca DNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938928770     PISSN: 00934690     EISSN: 20424582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2042458214Y.0000000006     Document Type: Article

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