People in the southern lowlands of the U.S. rapidly committed to maize agriculture -- but it was another 2,000 years before the crop was widely grown at higher elevations. Kelly Swarts et al.

Originally published in 2006 by Academic Press. STRI copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Contents I. Histories of maize: genetic, morphological, and microbotanical evidence.

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