THE IMPACT OF ENSO IN THE ATACAMA DESERT AND AUSTRALIAN ARID ZONE: EXPLORATORY TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORDS

Williams, Alan; M. Santoro, Calógero; Smith, Michael; Latorre, Claudio

doi:10.4067/s0717-73562008000300003

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THE IMPACT OF ENSO IN THE ATACAMA DESERT AND AUSTRALIAN ARID ZONE: EXPLORATORY TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORDS

Published in Chungara • Jan 1, 2008

Authors:

Alan Williams

Calógero M. Santoro

Michael Smith

Abstract

A comparison of archaeological data in the Atacama Desert and Australian arid zone shows the impact of the El Nio-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) over the last 5,000 years. Using a dataset of > 1400 radiocarbon dates from archaeological sites across the two regions as a proxy for population change, we d...

Subject

Geography

El Niño Southern Oscillation

Population

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