Fragile landscapes, fragile civilizations - How climate determined societies in the pre-Columbian south Peruvian Andes

Catena

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 62-73

  Machtle B ^a   Eitel, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archeology; ENSO; Holocene; ITCZ; Loess; Paleosoil

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ANTAGONISM; ARCHAEOLOGY; CIVILIZATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTURAL CHANGE; DESERT; DROUGHT STRESS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LANDSCAPE; NATURAL RESOURCE; OSCILLATION; PALEOSOL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ANDES; PERU;

EID: 84872417405     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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