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The power of nature : archaeology and human-environmental dynamics / edited by Monica L. Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental archaeology--Case studies.
- Environmental archaeology.
- Human beings--Effect of environment on.
- Human beings.
- Human beings--Effect of climate on.
- Natural disasters--Social aspects.
- Natural disasters.
- Climatic changes--Social aspects.
- Climatic changes.
- Epidemics--Social aspects.
- Epidemics.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on.
- Nature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 282 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
- Other Title:
- Archaeology and human-environmental dynamics
- Place of Publication:
- Denver : University Press of Colorado, [2022]
- Contents:
- Nature as agent : mass-event, incremental, and biotic perspectives / Monica L. Smith
- Hurricanes as agents of cultural change : integrating paleotempestology and the archaeological record / Matthew C. Peros, Jago Cooper, and François Oliva
- Navigating the scarcity and abundance of monsoonal rainfall in South Asia / Kanika Kalra
- Earthquakes and agency in the Roman Mediterranean : resilience and transformation / Jordan Pickett
- Fire as an agentive force, from forest to hearth to forest again / Monica L. Smith
- Pathogens with power : how diseases navigate human societies / Sara L. Juengst, Emilie Cobb, Dale L. Hutchinson, Karen Mohr Chávez, Sergio Chávez, and Stanislava Chávez
- Vegetative agency and social memory in the houselots of the Ancient Maya / Harper Dine, Traci Ardren, and Chelsea Fisher
- Bird behavior and biology : the agentive role of birds in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico / Katelyn J. Bishop
- Rats, bats, and birds : the role of non-human ecosystem engineers in Pre-European Polynesian agriculture / Seth Quintus, Jennifer Huebert, Jillian A. Swift, and Kyungsoo Yoo
- Animal agents in the human environment / Steven Ammerman
- Reindeer as a toggle : animal agency in domestication / Silvia Tomášková
- The end of the world (again) / John Robb.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 23, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Power of nature
- ISBN:
- 9781646423521
- 1646423526
- Publisher Number:
- 40031663954
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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