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Volker Sossna . Climate and settlement in southern Peru: the northern Río Grande de Nasca drainage between 1500 BCE and 1532 CE (Forschungen zur Archäologie Außereuropäischer Kulturen 13). 2015. 317 pages, numerous colour and b&w illustrations, tables, CD. Wiesbaden: Reichert; 978-3-95490-078-7 hardback €98.

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Volker Sossna . Climate and settlement in southern Peru: the northern Río Grande de Nasca drainage between 1500 BCE and 1532 CE (Forschungen zur Archäologie Außereuropäischer Kulturen 13). 2015. 317 pages, numerous colour and b&w illustrations, tables, CD. Wiesbaden: Reichert; 978-3-95490-078-7 hardback €98.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2017

David Beresford-Jones*
Affiliation:
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, UK (Email: dgb27@cam.ac.uk)

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