Surviving Sudden Environmental Change : Answers from Archaeology.
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TextPublisher: Chicago : University Press of Colorado, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (281 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 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
- 930.1
- CC81
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.
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