Ecosystem service provision sets the pace for pre-Hispanic societal development in the central Andes

Holocene

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1619-1624

  Gosling, William D ^a   Williams, Joseph J ^a,b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

archaeology; natural resources; palaeoecology; past environmental change; pre Columbian; shifting baseline

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CIVILIZATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HUNTER-GATHERER; NATURAL RESOURCE; PALEOECOLOGY; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER RESOURCE; WOODLAND;

ANDES; LAKE TITICACA;

EID: 84885442983     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683613496296     Document Type: Article

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