Neo-environmental determinism and agrarian 'collapse' in Andean prehistory

Antiquity

Volumn 73, Issue 281, 1999, Pages 634-642

  Erickson, Clark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Landscapes; South America

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; PREHISTORIC;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032735014     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00065236     Document Type: Article

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