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Agricultural origins in the Korean Peninsula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Gary W. Crawford  and
Gyoung-Ah Lee
Gary W. Crawford
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5L 1
Gyoung-Ah Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5L 1
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Abstract

The authors report the first direct scientific evidence for the beginnings of agriculture in the Korean peninsula.

Keywords

KoreaChulmunMumunarchaeobotanyagriculture
Type
Research
Information
Antiquity , Volume 77 , Issue 295 , March 2003 , pp. 87 - 95
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2003

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