Ancient crops provide first archaeological signature of the westward Austronesian expansion

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 6635-6640

  Crowther, Alison ^a   Lucas, Leilani ^b   Helm, Richard ^c   Horton, Mark ^d   Shipton, Ceri ^e,f   Wright, Henry T ^g,h   Walshaw, Sarah ⁱ   Pawlowicz, Matthew ^j   Radimilahy, Chantal ^k   Douka, Katerina ^l   Picornell Gelabert, Llorenç ^m   Fuller, Dorian Q ^b   Boivin, Nicole L ^l,n  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CANTERBURY ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e British Institute in Eastern Africa   (Kenya)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

ⁿ Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Dispersal; Language; Madagascar; Rice

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BAOBAB; CEREAL; COMOROS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COWPEA; FINGER MILLET; FOOD CROP; IRAN; JAPONICA RICE; MADAGASCAR; MESOPOTAMIA; MUNG BEAN; NONHUMAN; PEARL MILLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORGHUM; CROP; HUMAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ARCHAEOLOGY; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 84974784747     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1522714113     Document Type: Article

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