Climate change and cultural dynamics : a global perspective on mid-Holocene transitions / edited by David G. Anderson, Kirk A. Maasch, Daniel H. Sandweiss.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anderson, David G.

Maasch, Kirk A. (Kirk Allen)

Sandweiss, Daniel H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

Paleoclimatology--Holocene.

Paleoclimatology.

Physical Description:

xxv, 575 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Climate change & cultural dynamics

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Boston : Elsevier, 2007.

Summary:

The Middle Holocene epoch (8,000 to 3,000 years ago) was a time of dramatic changes in the physical world and in human cultures. Across this span, climatic conditions changed rapidly, with cooling in the high to mid-latitudes and drying in the tropics. In many parts of the world, human groups became more complex, with early horticultural systems replaced by intensive agriculture and small-scale societies being replaced by larger, more hierarchial organizations. Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics explores the cause and effect relationship between climatic change and cultural transformations across the mid-Holocene (c. 4000 B.C.). * Explores the role of climatic change on the development of society around the world * Chapters detail diverse geographical regions * Co-written by noted archaeologists and paleoclimatologists for non-specialists

Contents:

Climate and cultural change : exploring Holocene transitions / David G. Anderson ... [et al.]

Mid-Holocene climate and culture change in coastal Peru / Daniel H. Sandweiss ... [et al.]

Mid-holocene climate and culture change in the South Central Andes / Martin Grosjean ... [et al.]

Mid-Holocene climate and cultural dynamics in Brazil and the Guianas / Betty J. Meggars

Culture and climate change in Mesoamerica during the Middle Holocene / Barbara Voorhies and Sarah E. Metcalfe

Middle Holocene environments of north and east Africa, with special emphasis on the African Sahara / Fred Wendorf, Wibjörn Karlén, and Romuald Schild

Influence of Holocene marine transgression and climate change on cultural evolution in southern Mesopotamia / Douglas J. Kennett and James P. Kennett

Mid-Holocene cultural dynamics and climatic change in the Western Pacific / Atholl Anderson, Michael Gagan, and James Shulmeister

Mid-Holocene climate and cultural dynamics in eastern Central China / Tracey L.-D. Lu

Mid-Holocene climatic changes and cultural dynamics in the basin of the Sea of Japan and adjacent areas / Konstantin A. Lutaenko ... [et al.]

Mid-Holocene climatic and cultural dynamics in Northern Europe / Wibjörn Karlén and Lars Larsson

Mid-Holocene cultural adaptations to central Maine / David Sanger, Heather Almquist, and Ann Dieffenbacher-Krall

Mid-Holocene cultural dynamics in southeastern North America / David G. Anderson, Michael Russo, and Kenneth E. Sassaman

Mid-Holocene culture and climate on the Northwest Coast of North America / Madonna L. Moss, Dorothy M. Peteet, and Cathy Whitlock

Middle Holocene climate change and human population dispersal in eastern Central China / Tracey L.-D. Lu

Mid- Holocene climatic and cultural dynamics in Northern Europe / Wibjorn Karlen, Lars Larsson

Mid-Holocene cultural dynamics in southeastern North America / David G. Anderson, Michael Russo, Kenneth E. Sassaman

Mid-Holocene culture and climate on the Northwest Coast of North America / Madonna L. Moss, Dorothy M. Peteet, Cathy Whitlock

Middle Holocene climate change and human population dispersal in western North America / Douglas J. Kennett ... [et al.]

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780120883905

0120883902

OCLC:

154801039