Holocene Vegetation in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (Pamphlet)

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Authors: Betancourt, Julio L. and Van Devender, Thomas R.

Publisher: Science (offprint)

Pub Date: 1981

Binding: Paperback (pamphlet)

Condition: 2 copies.  Copy 1 (BRU): Fair to Good.  Wrinkling to upper and lower spine corners.  No marks, tears.  Copy 2 (BRU): Good. Light edge wear.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.

Notes: Pamphlet, 4 pages.  “Well-preserved plant remains in packrat middens chronicle vegetation change in Chaco Canyon over the past 11,000 years…Instead of climate, Anasazi fuel needs may explain the drastic reduction of pinyon and juniper after 1230 years ago. (sic)” (From the Abstract).  RARE.  No copies available for sale.