Winds of change : environment and society in Anatolia / edited by Christopher H. Roosevelt and John Haldon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roosevelt, Christopher H. (Christopher Havemeyer), 1972- editor.

Haldon, John F., editor.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Social aspects--Turkey.

Climatic changes.

Human ecology--Turkey.

Human ecology.

Natural resources--Turkey--Management.

Natural resources.

Social change--Turkey.

Social change.

Management.

Climatic changes--Social aspects.

Turkey.

Physical Description:

302 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Environment and society in Anatolia

Place of Publication:

[Istanbul, Turkey] : Koc University Press, 2021.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Boon or Curse? The Role of Climate Change in the Rise and Demise of Anatolian Civilizations / Neil Roberts

I. Insights over the Long Term: Continuity and Change

An Assessment of Long-Term Climate Dynamics across Anatolia Based on the Results of Macrophysical Climate Modeling / Bulent Arikan

Early to Mid-Holocene Vegetation History and Human Settlement in Anatolia / Eleni Asouti

Stability through Crisis: Cultural Resilience in the Face of Climatic Fluctuation from 3500 BCE to 1300 CE at Cadir Hoyuk in North-Central Anatolia / Tevfik Emre Serifoglu

Genesis of the Beysehir Occupation Phase: Understanding the Socio-Environmental Systems of Anatolia and Interactions from Kultepe-Kanesh and Paleoecological Records / Hugh Elton

Assessing Continuity and Change in the Sixth to Ninth Century Landscape of North-Central Anatolia / John Haldon

II. Events, Landscapes, and People: Change and Response

Re-Thinking Thera: Tree-Rings, Radiocarbon, and Response in the Second Millennium BCE / Charlotte Pearson

The Justinianic Plague: Pressing Questions, Interdisciplinary Answers? / Lee Mordechai

Olive Cultivation at High Altitudes in Anatolia: Exploiting Micro-Localities in Ancient Asia Minor / Warren J. Eastwood

The Environmental Consequences of the Coming of the Turks to Anatolia / Adam Izdebski

Of Wetlands and Reclamation Regimes: Climate Change, Social Upheaval, and Political Practice in Western Anatolia / Christina Luke

Epilogue

Whither the Wind Blows: Environmental History and Archaeology in Anatolia / Christopher H. Roosevelt.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9786057685704

6057685709

OCLC:

1296600013

Publisher Number:

99989674750