Fragile landscapes, fragile civilizations: how climate determined societies in the pre-Columbian south Peruvian Andes

This paper presents alternating periods of geo-ecological fragility and stability in a highly sensitive environmental setting: the desert-margin area of southern Peru (14.5° S). There, we have to state that fragility was dominantly triggered by climatic changes, which induced several oscillations of...

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Main Authors: Mächtle, Bertil (Author) , Eitel, Bernhard (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2013
In: Catena
Year: 2012, Volume: 103, Pages: 62-73
ISSN:0008-7769
DOI:10.1016/j.catena.2012.01.012
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2012.01.012
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S034181621200015X
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Author Notes:B. Mächtle, B. Eitel
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