The banana as a key to early American and Polynesian History



  • Authors : Langdon, R.

  • Document type : Journal article

  • Year of publication : 1993

  • Journal title : Journal of Pacific History

  • Volume (number) : 28 (1)


  • Pages : 15-35

  • Peer-reviewed : Yes

  • ISSN : 0022-3344

  • Language(s) : English

  • Abstract : The question of banana's antiquity in the Americas has been debated off and on for more than 400 years without being unequivocally resolved. This paper reviews the evidence for a pre-Columbian introduction of the banana to the Americas by the Pacific route.

  • Keywords : HISTORY; PLANT INTRODUCTION; AMERICA; OCEANIA

  • Open access : No

  • Document on publisher's site : close View article on publisher's site

  • Musalit document ID : IN940063


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