The halite-encrusted salt pans (salars) present at low elevations in the hyperarid core of the
Atacama Desert in northern Chile are unique features of one of the driest and possibly …

The deep-time dynamics of coupled socio-ecological systems at different spatial scales is
viewed as a key framework to understand trends and mechanisms that have led to the …

Human activities cause widespread changes in landscape composition, which can affect
ecosystem services produced by these landscapes. It is usually believed that ecosystem …

There are many unanswered questions about the population history of the Central and
South Central Andes, particularly regarding the impact of large-scale societies, such as the …

The timing for the evolution of the capacity to inscribe the landscape with rock art has global
relevance. While this was an in-built capacity when Homo sapiens first colonized the …

Late Quaternary precipitation dynamics in the central Andes have been linked to both high-
and low-latitude atmospheric teleconnections. We use present-day relationships between …

Archaeological and palaeoecological studies throughout the Americas have documented
widespread landscape and environmental transformation during the pre-Columbian era …

The feathers of tropical birds were one of the most significant symbols of economic, social,
and sacred status in the pre-Columbian Americas. In the Andes, finely produced clothing …

The overall trajectory for the human–environment interaction has been punctuated by
demographic boom-and-bust cycles, phases of growth/overshooting as well as of …

Abstract The hyperarid Atacama Desert coast receives scarce moisture inputs mainly from
the Pacific Ocean in the form of marine advective fog. The collected moisture supports highly …