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Dolores R. Piperno & Deborah M Pearsall. The origins of agriculture in the lowland Neotropics. xiv+400 pages, 14 colour plates, numerous illustrations. 1998. London & New York (NY): Academic Press; 0-12-557180-1 hardback $99

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David R. Harris*
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, University College London david.harris@ucl.ac.uk

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