Pre-Hispanic agricultural decline prior to the Spanish Conquest in southern Central America

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 73, Issue , 2013, Pages 196-200

  Taylor, Zachary P ^a   Horn, Sally P ^a   Finkelstein, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural decline; Costa Rica; Drought; Lake sediments; Pre Columbian; Prehistoric agriculture; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DECLINE; COSTA RICA; LAKE SEDIMENTS; PRE-COLUMBIAN; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES;

CARBON; DROUGHT; ISOTOPES; LAKES; SEDIMENTS;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CIVILIZATION; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT; GROWING SEASON; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PREHISTORIC; STABLE ISOTOPE; VEGETATION HISTORY; WATERSHED;

COSTA RICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84879782836     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.05.022     Document Type: Article

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