Surviving Sudden Environmental Change Answers from Archaeology / editors, Jago Cooper and Payson Sheets ; authors, David A. Abbott ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooper, Jago, Editor.

Contributor:

Abbott, David A.

Sheets, Payson D.

Cooper, Jago.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change--History--To 1500.

Social change.

Social evolution--History--To 1500.

Social evolution.

Human beings--Effect of climate on--History--To 1500.

Human beings.

Human ecology--History--To 1500.

Human ecology.

Climatic changes--Social aspects--History--To 1500.

Climatic changes.

Natural disasters--Social aspects--History--To 1500.

Natural disasters.

Social archaeology--Case studies.

Social archaeology.

Environmental archaeology--Case studies.

Environmental archaeology.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, CO University Press of Colorado 2012

Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Archaeologists have long encountered evidence of natural disasters through excavation and stratigraphy. In Surviving Sudden Environmental Change, case studies examine how eight different past human communities-ranging from Arctic to equatorial regions, from tropical rainforests to desert interiors, and from deep prehistory to living memory-faced, and coped with, such dangers. Many disasters originate from a force of nature, such as an earthquake, cyclone, tsunami, volcanic eruption, drought, or flood. But that is only half of the story; decisions of people and their particular cultural lifeways are the rest. Sociocultural factors are essential in understanding risk, impact, resilience, reactions, and recoveries from massive sudden environmental changes. By using deep-time perspectives provided by interdisciplinary approaches, this book provides a rich temporal background to the human experience of environmental hazards and disasters. In addition, each chapter is followed by an abstract summarizing the important implications for today's management practices and providing recommendations for policy makers. Publication supported in part by the National Science Foundation.

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 Vesteinsson

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:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781607321682

1607321688

9781457117282

1457117282

9781607321675

160732167X

OCLC:

794494199

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access