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Hard, R.J., Adams, K.R., Roney, J.R., Schmidt, K.M., Fritz, G.J. (2008). The Emergence of Maize Farming in Northwest Mexico. In: Reitz, E.J., Scudder, S.J., Scarry, C.M. (eds) Case Studies in Environmental Archaeology. Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71303-8_16

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