A geospatial method for estimating soil moisture variability in prehistoric agricultural landscapes.
Prehistoric peoples chose farming locations based on environmental conditions, such as soil moisture, which plays a crucial role in crop production. Ancestral Pueblo communities of the central Mesa Verde region became increasingly reliant on maize agriculture for their subsistence needs by AD 900. P...
Main Authors: | Andrew Gillreath-Brown, Lisa Nagaoka, Steve Wolverton |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220457 |
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