Zooming out from archaeological discontinuities: The meaning of mid-Holocene temporal troughs in South American deserts

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2017, Pages 68-81

  Barberena, Ramiro ^a   Méndez, César ^b   de Porras, María Eugenia ^c  

^a Universidad Nacional de Cuyo ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bottlenecks; Demographic release; Human demography; Mid Holocene discontinuities; Radiocarbon databases; South American deserts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997254320     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2016.07.003     Document Type: Article

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