Synchronous environmental and cultural change in the prehistory of the northeastern United States

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

Volumn 107, Issue 51, 2010, Pages 22008-22013

  Munoz, Samuel E ^a,b   Gajewski, Konrad ^a   Peros, Matthew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Data synthesis; Paleoecology; Prehistoric cultures

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSILS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78650662794     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1005764107     Document Type: Article

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