Horsemen of the Apocalypse: The relationship between severe environmental perturbations and culture change on the north coast of Peru

Natural Disasters and Cultural Change

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 204-234

  Kornbacher, Kimberly D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203165102-18     Document Type: Chapter

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