Social and cultural consequences of a late Holocene eruption of Popocatépetl in central Mexico

Quaternary International

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-28

  Plunket, Patricia ^a   Uruñuela, Gabriela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DISASTER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOLOCENE; PREHISTORIC; SOCIAL IMPACT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646889836     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.01.012     Document Type: Article

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