Prehistoric Maize in Southeastern Virginia
- 12 November 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 150 (3698) , 881-883
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.150.3698.881
Abstract
Five fossil maize-pollen grains were identified in a peat profile from Dismal Swamp. Extrapolation from the radiocarbon age of peat lower in the section suggests an age of 2200 years. The find suggests that a small clearing within the swamp was cultivated and thus supports the hypothesis that agriculture had diffused into coastal regions before the end of Early Woodland time.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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