The impact of agriculture on tropical mountain soils in the western Peruvian Andes: a pedo-geoarchaeological study of terrace agricultural systems in the Laramate region (14.5° S)

This integrated pedo-geoarchaeological study focuses on three abandoned pre-Hispanic terrace agricultural systems near Laramate in the southern Andes of Peru (14.5° S), aiming to unravel the pedological and land-use history of the region, which served as a significant agricultural hub during pre-His...

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Hauptverfasser: Leceta, Fernando (VerfasserIn) , Binder, Christoph (VerfasserIn) , Mader, Christian (VerfasserIn) , Mächtle, Bertil (VerfasserIn) , Marsh, Erik (VerfasserIn) , Dietrich, Laura (VerfasserIn) , Reindel, Markus (VerfasserIn) , Eitel, Bernhard (VerfasserIn) , Meister, Julia (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 14 Oct 2024
In: Soil
Year: 2024, Jahrgang: 10, Heft: 2, Pages: 727-761
ISSN:2199-398X
DOI:10.5194/soil-10-727-2024
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-727-2024
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://soil.copernicus.org/articles/10/727/2024/
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Verfasserangaben:Fernando Leceta, Christoph Binder, Christian Mader, Bertil Mächtle, Erik Marsh, Laura Dietrich, Markus Reindel, Bernhard Eitel, and Julia Meister

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