Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2017
Qualitative models are unable to explain the known variability in the adoption and intensification of agriculture in the prehistoric North American Southwest. Adoption of a quantitative approach (specifically, a model based on marginal costs and benefits) better accounts for that variability.
Los modelos cualitativos no pueden explicar la variabilidad en la agricultura prehistórica del suroeste de Norteamérica. Un modelo cuantiativo, en base a costos y beneficios margenales, parece mejor explicar la variabilidad observada.