Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5112495 Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 2017 16 Pages PDF
Abstract
Our results crystallise the changing character of occupation in the study area over more than two millennia. They contribute to the ongoing debate on the decline of the Nasca culture, endorsing a complex combination of natural and socio-economic reasons. Furthermore, the results support the concept of a more widespread exchange and cooperation during 'Horizon' periods in the study area and likewise indicate that the disappearance of a supra-regional administrative polity during 'Intermediate' periods might have led to higher human activity in smaller scale societies, as reflected in a more diverse spatial organisation in terms of geomorphometric units and central areas.
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