Climate Variation and the Rise and Fall of an Andean Civilization

Quaternary Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-248

  Binford, Michael W ^a   Kolata, Alan L ^b   Brenner, Mark ^c   Janusek, John W ^b   Seddon, Matthew T ^b   Abbott, Mark ^d,e   Curtis, Jason H ^c  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FAILURE; AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTURAL COLLAPSE; FIELD ABANDONMENT; HISTORICAL STUDY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; TIWANAKU PEOPLE;

BOLIVIA, LAKE TITICACA; PERU, LAKE TITICACA;

EID: 0031436808     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1997.1882     Document Type: Article

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