Habitats of ancient hunter-gatherers in the Puna: Resilience and discontinuities during the Holocene

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2017, Pages 92-100

  Yacobaccio, Hugo D ^a   Morales, Marcelo R ^b   Hoguin, Rodolphe ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Universidad de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Climate change; Deserts; Hunter gatherers; Puna de Atacama; Resilient habitats

Indexed keywords

EID: 85000415176     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2016.08.004     Document Type: Article

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