Cahokia's boom and bust in the context of climate change

American Antiquity

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 467-483

  Benson, Larry V ^a   Pauketat, Timothy R ^b   Cook, Edward R ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 69249189456     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000273160004871X     Document Type: Article

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