The end of empire: New radiocarbon dates from the ayacucho valley, Peru, and their implications for the collapse of the Wari State

Radiocarbon

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 579-592

  Finucane, Brian Clifton ^a,b   Valdez, J Ernesto ^c   Calderon, Ismael Pérez ^d   Pomacanchari, Cirilo Vivanco ^d   Valdez, Lidio M ^e   O'Connell, Tamsin ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Escuela de Formación Profesional de Arqueología e Historia ^*  (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN CRISTÓBAL DE HUAMANGA   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77952690271     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003382220004248X     Document Type: Article

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