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Vegetation and man in the Basin of Mexico

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  1. Depts. Anthropology and Biology, University of Alabama, 35486, Tuscaloosa

    Paul Tolstoy

  2. Dept. Anthropologie, Université de Montreal, Montreal, P.Q.

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We acknowledge with thanks grants from the National Science Foundation (GS-28609 and amendments) and the CUNY Research Foundation. Field work in Mexico was authorized under Concesion Arqueologica 6/71 delivered by the Institute Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, to which we are grateful for this and for other assistance.

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Smith, C.E., Tolstoy, P. Vegetation and man in the Basin of Mexico. Econ Bot 35, 415–433 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02858591

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