Earliest Evidence for Geophyte Use in North America: 11,500-Year-Old Archaeobotanical Remains from C...
Earliest Evidence for Geophyte Use in North America: 11,500-Year-Old Archaeobotanical Remains from California's Santarosae Island
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New York, USA: Cambridge University Press
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There is growing evidence for human use of geophytes long before the advent of agriculture. Rich in carbohydrates, geophytes were important in many coastal areas where protein-rich marine foods are abundant. On California's Channel Islands, scholars have long questioned how maritime peoples sustained themselves for millennia with limited plant reso...
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Earliest Evidence for Geophyte Use in North America: 11,500-Year-Old Archaeobotanical Remains from California's Santarosae Island
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2553690274
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2553690274
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0002-7316
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2325-5064
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10.1017/aaq.2021.31