Geoarchaeological evidence from desert loess in the Nazca-Palpa region, Southern Peru: Palaeoenvironmental changes and their impact on pre-columbian cultures

Archaeometry

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 137-158

  Eitel, Bernhard ^a   Hecht, S ^a   Machtle B ^a   Schukraft, G ^a   Kadereit, A ^b   Wagner, G A ^b   Kromer, B ^c   Unkel, I ^c   Reindel, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^c HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^d GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronometry; Desert loess; Geoarchaeology; Nazca; Palaeoenvironments; Peru

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HOLOCENE; LOESS; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15844369753     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2005.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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