Palaeoecology and the origin of the coconut

GeoJournal - Tập 31 - Trang 355-362 - 1993
B. K. Maloney1
1Palaeoecological Centre, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Tóm tắt

While botanists, archaeologists, historians and linguists have contributed to the debate on the origin of the coconut pollen analysts have been silent. This article attempts to integrate the results of recent palaeoecological research with findings from the other disciplines.

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