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Warfare in the Central Andes

Abstract Rather than following a linear trajectory of development, warfare in the central Andes rose and fell in intensity and assumed different forms depending on its social and political context. While small-scale, periodic conflicts were likely present from Archaic times onward, it is in the centuries just after the fall of Chavín ...
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BRIDGE TYPES IN THE CENTRAL ANDES∗

Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 1972
ABSTRACT Four major bridge types have dominated the central Andean Highlands in the past 400 years: the indigenous hanging bridge of plant materials; the Mediterranean stone arch bridge; the iron-cabled suspension structure with flat roadway; and the steel beam bridge. All three introductions, although technologically superior to the native vine bridge,
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Occurrence of microplastics in Fish from Mendoza River: First Insights into Plastic Pollution in the Central Andes, Argentina

Water (Switzerland), 2022
Juan Manuel Rios, Franco Teixeira De Mello, Camila Vidal   +2 more
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Linguistic complexity in the Central Andes

Abstract Linguistic complexity has been found to correlate with sociolinguistic factors such as isolation, and with geographical factors such as altitude, though such correlations are not without problems. Here it is asked whether these or other factors hold for South America and in particular the Central Andes, and what light the ...
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The relationships between tectonics, climate and exhumation in the Central Andes (18–36°S): Evidence from low-temperature thermochronology

Earth-Science Reviews, 2020
Peter Reiners, German Aguilar, Isabelle Coutand   +2 more
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Physiography of the Central Andes; II, The eastern Andes

American Journal of Science, 1909
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Inventory of large landslides along the Central Western Andes (ca. 15°–20° S): Landslide distribution patterns and insights on controlling factors

Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2022
Stéphane Schwartz, CARLOS Benavente Escobar, Swann Zerathe   +2 more
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Physiography of the Central Andes; I, The maritime Andes

American Journal of Science, 1909
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On the Southern Border of the Central Andes

Geographical Review, 1925
Philip Ainsworth Means, Eric von Rosen
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Highland Foragers of the Central Andes

Abstract Between 12,800 and 3,500 years ago, highland foragers of the central Andes of South America solved adaptive challenges related to high-altitude survival, climate change, and demographic growth. In the process, they innovated agropastoral products that would eventually fuel Andean urbanization and global economies.
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