Climate change and population history in the Pacific Lowlands of Southern Mesoamerica

Quaternary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 390-400

  Neff, Hector ^a   Pearsall, Deborah M ^b   Jones, John G ^c   Arroyo de Pieters, Bárbara ^d   Freidel, Dorothy E ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Guatemala)

^e SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variation; Geochemistry; Guatemala; Holocene; Human population; Mangroves; Maya; Mesoamerica; Paleoclimate; Pollen

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL ZONE; HOLOCENE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; PALEOCLIMATE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 33646693357     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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