Holocene dryness and human occupation in Brazil during the "Archaic Gap"

Quaternary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 298-307

  Araujo, Astolfo G M ^a,b   Neves, Walter A ^a   Piló, Luís B ^a   Atui, João Paulo V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Prefeitura do Município de São Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Brazil; Holocene; Paleoenvironment; South America

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

EID: 27944503431     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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