Collapse, environment, and society

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

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3632-3639

  Butzer, Karl W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Egypt; Ethiopia; Fayum Oasis; Historical disasters; Mesopotamia

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CIVILIZATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISASTER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUNGER; IDEOLOGY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIETY; WESTERN EUROPE;

CIVILIZATION; CULTURE; DISASTERS; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENT; ETHIOPIA; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857974288     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1114845109     Document Type: Article

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