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Reply to Comments of Nolan and Cook

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Larry V. Benson ,
Timothy R. Pauketat  and
Edward R. Cook
Larry V. Benson
Affiliation:
National Research Program, U. S. Geological Survey, 3215 Marine St., Boulder, CO 80303 (lbenson@ usgs.gov)
Timothy R. Pauketat
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, 109 Davenport Hall, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
Edward R. Cook
Affiliation:
Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964
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Abstract

The following reply to the comments by Nolan and Cook makes the following points. The Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) is not a measure of summer rainfall. Cahokia's "Big Bang" dates to the end of the Edelhardt phase and continued through the Lohmann phase. The "American Bottom" refers only to the Mississippi River floodplain in the vicinity of East St. Louis, and the exact nature of human response to climate change cannot be predicted from PDSI data alone.

Resumen

Resumen

La siguiente respuesta a los comentarios de Nolan y Cook hace los siguientes puntos. El Índice de Palmer para la severidad de la sequía (PDSI por sus siglas en ingles) no es una medida de las lluvias de verano. El "Big Bang" de Cahokia se fecha al final de la fase de Endelhardt y se continúa a través de la fase de Lohmann. El "American Bottom" se refiere solo a la Rivera inundable del Río Missisipi en la vecindad del Este de St Louis. La naturaleza exacta de la respuesta humana al cambio climático no puede predecirse con base únicamente en los datos del PDSI.

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American Antiquity , Volume 75 , Issue 4 , October 2010 , pp. 984 - 985
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 2010

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