Possible impacts of early-11th-, middle-12th-, and late-13th-century droughts on western Native Americans and the Mississippian Cahokians

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 336-350

  Benson, Larry V ^a   Berry, Michael S ^b   Jolie, Edward A ^c   Spangler, Jerry D ^d   Stahle, David W ^e   Hattori, Eugene M ^f  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d Colorado Plateau Archaeological Alliance ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^f Nevada Division of Museums and History   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

FREMONT POPULATIONS; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; RESIDUAL POPULATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; DROUGHT;

CLIMATE EFFECT; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; DROUGHT STRESS; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREHISTORIC; TREE RING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; CALIFORNIA; DROUGHT PERIODS; GREAT BASIN; NATIVE AMERICANS; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; POSITIVE VALUE; RIVER VALLEY;

EID: 33847323412     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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