Multiple Ways of Understanding Peru's Changing Climate

In this article, we consider how the perspectives and experiences of contemporary people facing climate change can enrich our archaeological interpretations of climate change in the past. In particular, we present an ethnographic study from highland Peru that highlights the complex and varied ways p...

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Main Author: Rebecca Bria and Doris Walter
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Language:English
Published: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing 2019-08-01
Series:Open Rivers
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Online Access: https://editions.lib.umn.edu/openrivers/article/multiple-ways-of-understanding-perus-changing-climate/
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spelling doaj-c83a666c09524c1f9d6b4546993c204f2021-08-03T00:25:26ZengUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingOpen Rivers2471-190X2019-08-01Issue Fourteen : Summer 2019https://doi.org/10.24926/2471190X.6105Multiple Ways of Understanding Peru's Changing ClimateRebecca Bria and Doris WalterIn this article, we consider how the perspectives and experiences of contemporary people facing climate change can enrich our archaeological interpretations of climate change in the past. In particular, we present an ethnographic study from highland Peru that highlights the complex and varied ways people are responding to environmental uncertainty, and explore how their perspectives and responses have led us to question and expand the narratives we construct about ancient people. https://editions.lib.umn.edu/openrivers/article/multiple-ways-of-understanding-perus-changing-climate/ anthropologyeducationinternationalresearch
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description In this article, we consider how the perspectives and experiences of contemporary people facing climate change can enrich our archaeological interpretations of climate change in the past. In particular, we present an ethnographic study from highland Peru that highlights the complex and varied ways people are responding to environmental uncertainty, and explore how their perspectives and responses have led us to question and expand the narratives we construct about ancient people.
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international
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