Modeling historical ecology, thinking about contemporary systems

American Anthropologist

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 96-107

  Johnson, C David ^a   Kohler, Timothy A ^a,b   Cowan, Jason ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anasazi; Environmental degradation; Fuel wood; Simulation; U.S. Southwest

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444413093     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2005.107.1.096     Document Type: Article

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