Central America ; Communication network ; Cultural studies ; Historical geography ; Latin America ; Mountain ; SouthAmerica
Stone piles have occurred in several parts of Latin America since pre-Columbian times, typically located at mountain passes and crossroads. Their functions are often the same in widely separated areas. - (DWG)
Agro-environmental analogues for jojoba production in South Africa
Agronomics;Agronomy ; Crop ; Cultural capacity ; Farm production ; South Africa
South African environmental analogues are identified for jojoba (Simmondsia chinesia). Comparisons are presented with the areas of origin in North America to identify suitable production areas in South Africa. - (AJC)
The southern cone, realities of the authoritarian state in SouthAmerica.
An analysis of the seemingly anomalous persistence of military dominance in governments of the southern end of SouthAmerica: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay. (DOH).
Quaternary of SouthAmerica Antarctic peninsula. Volume 1.
First volume of an annual scientific publication related to the problems of the Quaternary of SouthAmerica with a strong emphasis in the paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic approach. The various papers are reviewed separately.
Pre-Andean orogenenies of southern SouthAmerica in the context of Gondwana in Gondwana Five. Selected papers and abstracts of papers.
The SW decrease in age of the South American pre-Andean orogenies suggests a revision of the relative positions of SouthAmerica and West Antarctica within Gondwana.
The state of South Carolina in its physical settings, evolution of settlement landscapes, and present patterns of population, urbanization, agriculture, fisheries, commerce, and industry. - (DWG)
Geopolitics, cartography and the state in SouthAmerica
Argentina ; Brazil ; Cartographical display ; Foreign policy ; Geopolitics ; International relations ; Political geography ; Power ; Security ; SouthAmerica ; Sphere of influence
Some neglected elements about South American geopolitics are explored in terms of linking this geopolitical field to a critical discussion of cartography, geography and the development of the state of SouthAmerica. The role and contribution
Today, precipitation over tropical SouthAmerica is largelly controlled by the seasonal movements of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). In this paper, the AA. reconstruct the rainfall regimes from 2 sedimentary records in SouthAmerica
that exhibit contrasting characteristics (southeastern Amazonia and the northern part of the Bolivian Altiplano). The paleoclimatic reconstructions are compared with present-day climatic conditions in the 2 regions and with other tropical South American records
Diet and habitat of toxodont megaherbivores (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the late Quaternary of South and Central America
Argentina ; Bolivia ; Brazil ; Central America ; Diet ; Habitat ; Holocene ; Honduras ; Isotope analysis ; Mammal ; Palaeo-ecology ; Palaeontology ; Peru ; Pleistocene ; Quaternary ; SouthAmerica
These toxodont megaherbivores were endemic to South and Central America during the late Quaternary. Isotopic signatures of 47 toxodont teeth were analysed to reconstruct diet and ancient habitat. Tooth enamel carbon isotope data from 6 regions
of South and Central America indicate significant differences in toxodont diet and local vegetation during the late Quaternary.