The Holocene : (Record no. 32696)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781118712566 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic bk.) |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9781405155212 |
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| System control number | (Au-PeEL)EBL7103978 |
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| System control number | (OCoLC)1347027090 |
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| Original cataloging agency | MiAaPQ |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
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| Transcribing agency | MiAaPQ |
| Modifying agency | MiAaPQ |
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| Classification number | GF13 .R634 2014 |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 930.1 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Roberts, Neil. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Holocene : |
| Remainder of title | An Environmental History. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Newark : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2014. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (378 pages) |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | New York Academy of Sciences Series |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Intro -- THE HOLOCENE AN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY -- Copyright -- Contents -- Technical boxes -- Preface to the third edition -- Acknowledgements -- About the companion website -- 1 Introduction -- Sources of information on past environments -- Nature and society -- The significance of the Holocene -- References -- 2 Reconstructing Holocene environments -- Dating the past -- Historical and archaeological dating -- Radiometric dating methods -- Dendrochronology and radiocarbon calibration -- Other dating methods -- Conclusion -- Palaeoecological techniques -- Pollen analysis -- Plant remains -- Creatures great and small -- Freshwater and marine organisms -- Geological techniques -- Ice and ocean -- Stable isotope analysis -- Geomorphology and climate -- Geo-archaeology -- Modelling the past -- Models of environmental reconstruction -- Computer model simulations -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 The Pleistocene prelude (> -- 11 700 Cal. yr bp) -- Ice Age environments -- The glacial-interglacial cycle -- Understanding the causes of long-term climatic change -- The Last Glacial Maximum and after -- The terminal Pleistocene (15 000-11 700 Cal. yr bp) -- The Late Glacial in the North Atlantic region -- Terminal Pleistocene climatic oscillation: A globally synchronous event? -- Adjustment of geomorphic systems -- Human ecology at the end of the Pleistocene -- Megafaunal extinctions -- References -- 4 Early Holocene adaptations (11 700-6000 Cal. yr bp) -- Changes in the physical environment -- Ice sheets and sea levels -- Human adaptations to coastal environments -- Lake ontogeny and soil development -- The return of the forests -- Europe -- Eastern North America -- Dry Mediterranean woodland -- Tropical forests -- Factors affecting forest re-advance -- The ecology of Mesolithic Europe -- The early Holocene in the tropics -- Saharan palaeoecology. |
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| Formatted contents note | Early Holocene climates: Pattern and process -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 The first farmers -- Agricultural origins -- Southwest Asia -- China and South Asia -- Mesoamerica -- Tropical domesticates -- Independent innovation or diffusion? -- The role of environmental change in early agriculture -- Early agricultural impacts -- European agricultural dispersals -- Ecological consequences of early European agriculture -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 The taming of nature (6000-1000 Cal. yr bp) -- Introduction -- Changes in the natural environment -- Climate and vegetation -- The origin and development of blanket mires -- Coasts and rivers -- Cultural evolution -- Hydraulic civilisation in Mesopotamia -- Environmental impact in pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica -- Pastoral nomadism -- Mediterranean ecosystems -- The making of the landscape: The british isles -- The primaeval forest -- Shaugh Moor: A Bronze Age landscape -- The environmental impact of permanent agricultural clearance -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 The impact of modern times (1000-0 Cal. yr bp) -- Introduction -- Climatic changes in historical times -- Climate history and global warming -- Consequences of Medieval and Little Ice Age climate change -- Expansion at the periphery -- Conquest of the Northlands -- The Pacific -- Ecological imperialism -- Land-use history and soil erosion -- Pollution histories -- Eutrophication: natural or cultural? -- Acidification and atmospheric pollution -- References -- 8 The environmental future: A Holocene perspective -- Holocene environmental crises -- Environmental conservation and Holocene environmental history -- References -- Appendix: Calibration table for radiocarbon ages -- Glossary -- Index. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Environmental archaeology. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Human ecology-History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Paleoecology-Holocene. |
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| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
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| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Roberts, Neil |
| Title | The Holocene |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,c2014 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781405155212 |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
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| Uniform title | New York Academy of Sciences Series |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=7103978">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=7103978</a> |
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