Tracing 4000 years of environmental history in the Cuzco area, Peru, from the pollen record

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-172

  Chepstow Lusty, A J ^a   Bennett, K D ^a   Fjeldsa J ^b   Kendall, A ^c   Galiano, W ^d   Tupayachi Herrera, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Cusichaca Trust Springfields   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; HOLOCENE; PALYNOLOGY;

CUZCO; PERU;

EID: 0031873183     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3673971     Document Type: Article

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