Synthesis: Vulnerability, traps, and transformations-long-term perspectives from archaeology

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Schoon, Michael ^a   Fabricius, Christo ^b   Anderies, John M ^a   Nelson, Margaret ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Robustness; Trade offs; Transformation; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; PERCEPTION; TRADE-OFF; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 79959978295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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