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For the first time in South America, we found specific constructions for water harvesting from the Late Intermediate period. Their configuration allows the precise reconstruction of mean annual precipitation during that time. In that area, enhanced precipitation enabled the people to cultivate the desert. The remains of human occupation give evidence of a short climatic oscillation in the northern Atacama desert around ˜1300 AD.
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Mächtle, B., Eitel, B., Schukraft, G., Ross, K. (2009). Built on Sand: Climatic Oscillation and Water Harvesting During the Late Intermediate Period. In: Reindel, M., Wagner, G.A. (eds) New Technologies for Archaeology. Natural Science in Archaeology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87438-6_3
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