Anthropogenic control of late-Holocene landscapes in the Cuzco region, Peru

Holocene

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1361-1372

  Sublette Mosblech, Nicole A ^a   Chepstow Lusty, Alex ^b,c   Valencia, Bryan G ^a,d   Bush, Mark B ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UMIFRE 17 CNRS MAEDI USR3337 Amérique Latine Projet de Recherche Tambo Colorado   (Peru)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agriculture; agroforestry; anthropogenic landscapes; fossil pollen; quinoa; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; AGROFORESTRY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CULTIVATION; DICOTYLEDON; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MAIZE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PASTORALISM; POLLEN; RESOURCE USE; SOCIAL CHANGE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ANDES; CUZCO [PERU]; PERU;

ALNUS; AMARANTHACEAE; CHENOPODIUM QUINOA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84869988336     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683612449760     Document Type: Article

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