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Surviving Sudden Environmental Change : Answers from Archaeology.

Cooper, Jago.

Surviving Sudden Environmental Change : Answers from Archaeology. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (281 pages)

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter Abstracts -- Introduction -- 1. Hazards, Impacts, and Resilience among Hunter-Gatherers of the Kuril Islands -- 2. Responses to Explosive Volcanic Eruptions by Small to Complex Societies in Ancient Mexico and Central America -- 3. Black Sun, High Flame, and Flood: Volcanic Hazards in Iceland -- 4. Fail to Prepare, Then Prepare to Fail: Rethinking Threat, Vulnerability, and Mitigation in the Precolumbian Caribbean -- 5. Collation, Correlation, and Causation in the Prehistory of Coastal Peru -- 6. Silent Hazards, Invisible Risks: Prehispanic Erosion in the Teotihuacan Valley, Central Mexico -- 7. Domination and Resilience in Bronze Age Mesopotamia -- 8. Long-Term Vulnerability and Resilience: Three Examples from Archaeological Study in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico -- 9. Social Evolution, Hazards, and Resilience: Some Concluding Thoughts -- 10. Global Environmental Change, Resilience, and Sustainable Outcomes -- Contributors -- Index.

9781607321682


Environmental archaeology--Case studies.
Social archaeology--Case studies.
Natural disasters--Social aspects--History--To 1500.
Climatic changes--Social aspects--History--To 1500.
Human ecology--History--To 1500.
Human beings--Effect of climate on--History--To 1500.
Social evolution--History--To 1500.
Social change--History--To 1500.


Electronic books.

CC81

930.1

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