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Acknowledgements |
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1 | (26) |
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3 | (2) |
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Early Biblical Catastrophism |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (1) |
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6 | (1) |
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6 | (2) |
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8 | (3) |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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12 | (2) |
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14 | (2) |
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16 | (4) |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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Ecotones in the Maya Lowlands |
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22 | (1) |
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Climate and Human Evolution |
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23 | (2) |
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25 | (1) |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (12) |
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Thermodynamics, Ecology, and Archaeology |
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29 | (2) |
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31 | (3) |
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34 | (2) |
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Energy in Human Societies |
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36 | (3) |
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39 | (34) |
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40 | (2) |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (1) |
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43 | (1) |
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Interaction with the Environment |
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44 | (1) |
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Critical Mass or Concentration |
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44 | (2) |
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Order, Chaos, and Bifurcations |
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46 | (4) |
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A Poet's View of Bifurcation |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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Fluctuation of the Ecology |
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51 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (3) |
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Hierarchical Organization |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (1) |
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58 | (1) |
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58 | (1) |
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59 | (1) |
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Heterarchy in Archaeology |
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60 | (3) |
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Misconceptions of Heterarchy |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (3) |
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67 | (1) |
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68 | (1) |
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69 | (4) |
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Famine and the Individual |
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73 | (36) |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (3) |
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79 | (3) |
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82 | (1) |
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83 | (1) |
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Self-Organized Criticality and the Edge of Chaos |
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84 | (3) |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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89 | (2) |
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91 | (1) |
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The Role of Climate in Famine |
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92 | (2) |
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94 | (1) |
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95 | (3) |
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How Do Millions Disappear? |
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98 | (2) |
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The Physiology of Starvation |
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100 | (4) |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (1) |
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105 | (4) |
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Famine and Social Dissolution |
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109 | (22) |
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111 | (4) |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (1) |
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117 | (2) |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (2) |
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122 | (1) |
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Mesoamerican Famine Migration |
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123 | (1) |
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124 | (3) |
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Collapse in Peasant Communities |
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127 | (2) |
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Large-Scale Social Collapse |
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129 | (2) |
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131 | (42) |
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138 | (2) |
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North Atlantic High Position |
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140 | (4) |
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144 | (1) |
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145 | (2) |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (4) |
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152 | (2) |
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154 | (5) |
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159 | (1) |
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The Coldest Year of the Twentieth Century |
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160 | (4) |
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The Coldest Years of the Nineteenth Century |
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164 | (3) |
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167 | (1) |
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167 | (1) |
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168 | (1) |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (3) |
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173 | (1) |
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173 | (18) |
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Convection and Deep Water Formation |
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175 | (5) |
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180 | (2) |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (1) |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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Atlantic Conveyor Belt and Climate |
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185 | (1) |
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Stanley's Ice Age Hypothesis |
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186 | (2) |
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188 | (3) |
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191 | (56) |
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Benjamin Franklin's Hypothesis |
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192 | (1) |
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193 | (1) |
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194 | (3) |
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Stratospheric Aerosol Layer |
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197 | (1) |
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197 | (1) |
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Climatic Effects of Aerosols |
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198 | (4) |
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202 | (1) |
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Volcanic Climatic Catastrophes |
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202 | (3) |
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205 | (3) |
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208 | (2) |
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210 | (2) |
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212 | (2) |
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Dating Volcanic Eruptions |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (1) |
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216 | (3) |
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219 | (2) |
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221 | (2) |
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223 | (4) |
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227 | (4) |
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What Caused the AD 536 Event? |
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231 | (3) |
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Was It an Extraterrestrial Impact Event? |
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234 | (1) |
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235 | (8) |
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243 | (4) |
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Geology, Hydrology, and Water |
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247 | (26) |
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249 | (1) |
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250 | (5) |
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255 | (3) |
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258 | (2) |
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260 | (2) |
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262 | (4) |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (2) |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (3) |
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273 | (18) |
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274 | (1) |
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275 | (4) |
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279 | (1) |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (1) |
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281 | (1) |
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282 | (1) |
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283 | (3) |
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286 | (1) |
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287 | (4) |
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291 | (22) |
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292 | (2) |
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294 | (2) |
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Colonial Droughts in the Highlands |
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296 | (1) |
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296 | (5) |
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301 | (3) |
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304 | (5) |
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309 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (2) |
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313 | (50) |
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314 | (3) |
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317 | (1) |
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318 | (2) |
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320 | (1) |
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321 | (7) |
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328 | (1) |
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328 | (3) |
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331 | (1) |
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331 | (2) |
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Chichen Itza: Traditional History |
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333 | (2) |
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335 | (2) |
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337 | (2) |
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339 | (5) |
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344 | (1) |
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344 | (1) |
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Chichen Itza: New Interpretations |
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345 | (1) |
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The Book of Chilam Balam of Tizimin |
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346 | (2) |
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348 | (1) |
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348 | (1) |
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What about the Art and Architecture? |
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349 | (1) |
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349 | (1) |
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Southern and Central Lowlands |
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350 | (1) |
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351 | (3) |
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354 | (1) |
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355 | (3) |
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Postclassic Population Levels |
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358 | (1) |
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358 | (1) |
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358 | (5) |
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363 | (26) |
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Philosophy and Explanation |
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364 | (1) |
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Climate and Human Affairs |
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364 | (1) |
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365 | (1) |
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Complexity and Self-Organization |
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366 | (2) |
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368 | (1) |
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Collapse of Civilizations |
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369 | (2) |
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371 | (1) |
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371 | (1) |
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How Do Millions Disappear? |
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372 | (1) |
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373 | (1) |
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374 | (1) |
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374 | (2) |
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Volcanoes, Drought, and Famine |
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376 | (2) |
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378 | (1) |
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379 | (3) |
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382 | (1) |
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383 | (1) |
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384 | (2) |
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Why Was the Collapse Different? |
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386 | (1) |
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386 | (3) |
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389 | (56) |
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