Managing the risk of climatic variability in late prehistoric northern Chile

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 403-421

  Zori, Colleen ^a   Brant, Erika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Drought; Ecology; Risk management; Trade; Warfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860607875     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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