Holocene Coevolution of the Physical Landscape and Human Settlement in Northern Coastal Peru

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 755-789

  Wells, Lisa Esquivel ^a   Noller, Jay Stratton ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; HUNTER-GATHERER; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION;

PERU;

EID: 0347038748     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(199912)14:8<755::AID-GEA5>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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