Drought Variability and Social Interaction in the American Southwest

Apr 1, 2017
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Nicolas Gauthier
Assistant Curator, AI for Cultural and Biological Diversity

My research interests include human ecology, complex adaptive systems, and paleoclimatology.

Publications

Hydroclimate variability influenced social interaction in the prehistoric American Southwest

In agricultural societies, farmers rely on their social networks to absorb the impacts of droughts and floods by facilitating resource …
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Talks

Drought regimes influenced social interaction in the US Southwest

When droughts and floods struck ancient agrarian societies, complex networks of exchange and interaction channeled resources into …
Jan 30, 2020 12:00 AM Tempe
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Drought Variability and the Robustness of Agrarian Social Networks

How robust were agrarian social networks to drought? Social networks can absorb climate shocks by facilitating resource flows to …
Apr 2, 2017 12:00 AM Vancouver
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