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Surviving sudden environmental change : understanding hazards, mitigating impacts, avoiding disasters / edited by, Jago Cooper and Payson Sheets ; authors, David A. Abbott ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental archaeology--Case studies.
- Environmental archaeology.
- Social archaeology--Case studies.
- Social archaeology.
- Natural disasters--Social aspects--History--To 1500.
- Natural disasters.
- Climatic changes--Social aspects--History--To 1500.
- Climatic changes.
- Human ecology--History--To 1500.
- Human ecology.
- Human beings--Effect of climate on--History--To 1500.
- Human beings.
- Social evolution--History--To 1500.
- Social evolution.
- Social change--History--To 1500.
- Social change.
- History.
- Human beings--Effect of climate on.
- Climatic changes--Social aspects.
- Natural disasters--Social aspects.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2012]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Learning to Live with the Dangers of Sudden Environmental Change / Payson Sheets and Jago Cooper
- Hazards, Impacts, and Resilience among Hunter-Gatherers of the Kuril Islands / Ben Fitzhugh
- Responses to Explosive Volcanic Eruptions by Small to Complex Societies in Ancient Mexico and Central America / Payson Sheets
- Black Sun, High Flame, and Flood : Volcanic Hazards in Iceland / Andrew Dugmore and Orri Vésteinsson
- Fail to Prepare then Prepare to Fail : Re-thinking Threat Vulnerability and Mitigation in the Precolumbian Caribbean / Jago Cooper
- Collation, Correlation, and Causation in the Prehistory of Coastal Peru / Daniel H. Sandweiss and Jeffrey Quilter
- Silent Hazards, Invisible Risks : Prehispanic Erosion in the Teotihuacan Valley, Central Mexico / Emily McClung de Tapia
- Domination and Resilience in Bronze Age Mesopotamia / Tate Paulette
- Long-Term Vulnerability and Resilience : Three Examples from Archaeological Study in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico / Margaret C. Nelson, Michelle Hegmon, Keith W. Kintigh, Ann P. Kinzig, Ben A. Nelson, John M. Anderies, David A. Abbott, Katherine A. Spielmann, Scott E. Ingram, Matthew A. Peeples, Stephanie Kulow, Colleen A. Strawhacker, Cathryn Meegan
- Archaeological Overview: Social Evolution, Hazards, and Resilience : Some Concluding Thoughts / Timothy A. Kohler
- Ecodynamics and Resilience Overview: Global Environmental Change, Resilience, and Sustainable Outcomes / Charles L. Redman.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 160732167X
- 9781607321675
- 9781607321682
- 1607321688
- OCLC:
- 761334845
- Publisher Number:
- 99947519943
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