Against ecological reductionism: Late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers in the tropical forests of northern South America

Quaternary International

Volumn 109-110, Issue , 2003, Pages 13-21

  Gnecco, Cristóbal ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL CAUCA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; HUNTER-GATHERER; PLEISTOCENE; TERRITORIALITY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0041821696     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(02)00199-4     Document Type: Article

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