Disaster or catastrophe: Human adaptation to high- and low-frequency landscape processes - A reply to Ensor, Ensor, and Devries Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • A regional episode of erosion between A.D. 1020 and 1160 coincides with social, political, economic, and demographic changes in the Hohokam culture. This regional erosional event was of such magnitude that it accelerated cultural changes that were already underway. The Ensor et al. (2003) commentary and attempt to layer a number of hypotheses on our original interpretations are fraught with problems.

published proceedings

  • AMERICAN ANTIQUITY

author list (cited authors)

  • Waters, M. R., & Ravesloot, J. C.

citation count

  • 7

complete list of authors

  • Waters, MR||Ravesloot, JC

publication date

  • January 2003