Human occupation and increasing mid-Holocene aridity southern Andean perspectives

Current Anthropology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 149-163

  Neme, Gustavo ^a   Gil, Adolfo ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

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EID: 61849184263     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596199     Document Type: Article

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