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SUBMITTER: Day MB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3268295 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Day Mary Beth MB Hodell David A DA Brenner Mark M Chapman Hazel J HJ Curtis Jason H JH Kenney William F WF Kolata Alan L AL Peterson Larry C LC
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20120103 4
Angkor (Cambodia) was the seat of the Khmer Empire from the 9th to 15th century AD. The site is noted for its monumental architecture and complex hydro-engineering systems, comprised of canals, moats, embankments, and large reservoirs, known as barays. We infer a 1,000-y, (14)C-dated paleoenvironmental record from study of an approximately 2-m sediment core taken in the largest Khmer reservoir, the West Baray. The baray was utilized and managed from the time of construction in the early 11th cen ...[more]