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Ethnobotany from the voyages of Mendaña and Quiros in the Pacific

Bibliographic Data

ID3207401
AuthorsD E Yen (Bernice P. Bishop Museum, corresponding author)
Year1973
Volume5
Issue1
Pages32-43
Publication date1973-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.1973.9979551
OpenAlexW2047715427
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited6

Sixteenth‐century Spanish explorers in the South Pacific carefully recorded details of indigenous food plants and crop yields. It is argued that the apparent agricultural wealth of the Solomon Islands encouraged Mendaña's plans for a colonial settlement; the failure of which can be attributed, in part, to their lack of understanding of the traditional economic system

Agriculture · Archaeology · Biology · Colonialism · Economics · Ethnobotany · Ethnology · Foodways · Geography · Indigenous · Settlement (finance · Sociology · Traditional knowledge · Anthropology · Ecology · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies

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Unique citing works9
Citations per year0,17
Citation span1973 - 2024 (52)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 9
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