Access to a safe supply of water is a human right. However, with growing populations, global
warming and contamination due to human activity, it is one that is increasingly under threat …

Fresh water sustains human life and is vital for human health. It is estimated that about 800
million people worldwide lack basic access to drinking water. About 2.2 billion people …

The desert fog oasis ecosystem of Peru and Chile comprises numerous oases along 3000
km of the Pacific coastal belt, it hosts a highly endemic flora, providing vital ecosystem …

Fresh water sustains human life and is vital for human health. Water scarcity affects more
than 40% of the global population and is projected to rise. For some of the poorest countries …

Abstract Moseley's (1975) Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization hypothesis
challenges, in one of humanity's few pristine hearths of civilization, the axiom that agriculture …

The Ancient Central Andes presents a general overview of the prehistoric peoples and
cultures of the Central Andes, the region now encompassing most of Peru and significant …

Throughout Earth's most extreme environments, such as the Kalahari Desert or the Arctic,
hunter–gatherers found ingenious ways to obtain proteins and sugars provided by plants for …

Fog water represents an alternative, abundant and currently unexploited fresh water
resource in the coastal Atacama Desert (~ 20° S). Here, the stratocumulus clouds meet the …

The ephemeral and fragmented nature of plant communities in the desert region of Ica, Peru
have contributed to the poor documentation of its flora. This study provides the first …

Textilization processes envisioned as technological transformation of animal fibres and the
incorporation of textiles into human bodies, is analyzed among Chinchorro hunter gatherers …