Volatile Climate Conditions Cahokia: Comment on Benson, Pauketat and Cook 2009
Dados Bibliográficos
| AUTOR(ES) | |
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| ANO | 2010 |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| PERIÓDICO | American Antiquity |
| ISSN | 0002-7316 |
| E-ISSN | 2325-5064 |
| EDITORA | Cambridge University Press |
| DOI | 10.7183/0002-7316.75.4.978 |
| CITAÇÕES | 3 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
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Resumo
The rapidly growing archaeological literature on Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) reconstructions (e.g., Benson et al. 2007; Cooper 2008; Stahle et al. 2007) demonstrates the significant gains that can be made in explaining cultural developments in prehistory when appropriate climate data are available. Benson et al. (2009) added to this literature with an analysis of the climatic conditions associated with peak social complexity in the American Bottom. They focus on abundance of precipitation. We applaud their effort and offer an additional perspective on the development of social complexity using the same data, by highlighting the importance of variability in conditioning complexity.