Environmental change and economic development in coastal Peru between 5,800 and 3,600 years ago

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1359-1363

  Sandweiss, Daniel H ^a   Solis, Ruth Shady ^b   Moseley, Michael E ^c   Keefer, David K ^d   Ortloff, Charles R ^e  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

^b Proyecto Especial Arqueológico Caral Supe ^*  (Peru)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^e CFD Consultants International Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

El ni o; Geoarchaeology; Mid holocene; Preceramic collapse

Indexed keywords

ANTIQUITY; ARTICLE; CERAMICS; COTTON; CROP; DESERT; EARTHQUAKE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FARMING SYSTEM; FISHING; FLOODING; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NATURAL DISASTER; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SEASHORE; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; AGRICULTURE; DISASTER; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

AGRICULTURE; DISASTERS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PERU; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 60849088872     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812645106     Document Type: Article

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