Resilience theory in archaeology

American Anthropologist

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-77

  Redman, Charles L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land degradation; Panarchy,; Resilience theory; Socioecological systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444390121     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2005.107.1.070     Document Type: Article

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