INTRODUCTION Genetic studies of the Pleistocene peopling of the Americas have focused
on the timing and number of migrations from Siberia into North America. They show that …

The extent to which long-term climate change has influenced cultural evolution among
hunter-gatherers has long been debated. In the Great Salt Lake desert (USA), a detailed …

We provide evidence from pollen and radiocarbon dating of wet meadow sediments for the
presence of multi-centennial drought, termed the Late Holocene Dry Period (LHDP), in the …

Based on four decades of research by Professor Andrew Goudie, this volume provides a
state-of-the-art synthesis of our understanding of desert geomorphology. It presents a truly …

Prehistoric hunter-gatherer population size is often assumed to follow climatic and other
environmental forcings that affect environmental productivity and the availability of food for …

Archaeologists are increasingly concerned that the non-linear relationship between the
calendric and radiocarbon timelines may introduce anomalous structures into radiocarbon …

Living in remote places can strain the adaptive capacities of human settlers. It can also
protect communities from external social, political and economic forces. In this paper, we …

Long gaps in regional radiocarbon sequences are often considered evidence for occupation
hiatuses, but they might also be a product of stochastic processes of occupation and limited …

The middle Holocene saw major changes in political and socioeconomic organization in
Peru. Still, not all Peruvian groups transitioned to food production or engaged in mound or …

Climatic change appears to influence major patterns in human history. However, confirming
the association between climatic events and adaptive human responses is not …