Past perspectives for the future: Foundations for sustainable development in East Africa

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages 12-21

  Marchant, Rob ^a   Lane, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Climate change; Ecosystem services; Future Earth; Historical ecology; Palaeoecology; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FUTURE PROSPECT; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EAST AFRICA;

EID: 84908235456     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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