The use of summed radiocarbon probability distributions in archaeology: a review of methods

AN Williams - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Using a database of Australian archaeological radiocarbon dates (n= 2996), this paper
explores three key methodological issues associated with the use of summed probability …

Late Quaternary hydrological and ecological changes in the hyperarid core of the northern Atacama Desert (~ 21 S)

EM Gayo, C Latorre, TE Jordan, PL Nester… - Earth-Science …, 2012 - Elsevier
The hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert possesses important reserves of “fossil” or ancient
groundwater, yet the extent and timing of past hydrologic change during the late Quaternary …

Prehistoric demographic fluctuations in China inferred from radiocarbon data and their linkage with climate change over the past 50,000 years

C Wang, H Lu, J Zhang, Z Gu, K He - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Historic human–climate interactions have been of interest to scholars for a long time.
However, exploring the long-term relation between prehistoric demography and climate …

A new population curve for prehistoric Australia

AN Williams - Proceedings of the Royal Society B …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This paper presents a new reconstruction of prehistoric population of Australia for the last 50
ka, using the most comprehensive radiocarbon database currently available for the …

Continuities and discontinuities in the socio-environmental systems of the Atacama Desert during the last 13,000 years

CM Santoro, JM Capriles, EM Gayo… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Understanding how human societies interacted with environmental changes is a major goal
of archaeology and other socio-natural sciences. In this paper, we assess the human …

Archaeological climate proxies and the complexities of reconstructing Holocene El Niño in coastal Peru

DH Sandweiss, CFT Andrus… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Archaeological evidence plays a key role in longitudinal studies of humans and climate.
Climate proxy data from Peruvian archaeological sites provide a case study through insight …

[HTML][HTML] El tránsito arcaico-formativo en la circumpuna y valles occidentales del centro sur andino: hacia los cambios" neolíticos"

L Núñez, CM Santoro - Chungará (Arica), 2011 - SciELO Chile
Se sintetizan los procesos socioculturales y productivos de las ocupaciones arcaicas
costeñas y andinas de la circumpuna y valles occidentales, área Centro Sur Andina …

Emergence of social complexity among coastal hunter-gatherers in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile

PA Marquet, CM Santoro, C Latorre… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
The emergence of complex cultural practices in simple hunter-gatherer groups poses
interesting questions on what drives social complexity and what causes the emergence and …

A continental narrative: Human settlement patterns and Australian climate change over the last 35,000 years

AN Williams, P Veth, W Steffen, S Ulm… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Drawing on the recent synthesis of Australian palaeoclimate by the OZ-INTIMATE group
(Reeves et al., 2013a), we consider the effects of climate systems on past human settlement …

Towards understanding human–environment feedback loops: the Atacama Desert case

EM Gayo, M Lima, A Gurruchaga… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The overall trajectory for the human–environment interaction has been punctuated by
demographic boom-and-bust cycles, phases of growth/overshooting as well as of …