The Power of Nature : Archaeology and Human-Environmental Dynamics / Monica L. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Monica L., author.

Contributor:

Smith, Monica L., editor.

funder.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Social aspects.

Climatic changes.

Environmental archaeology.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 282 pages) : illustrations some color

Place of Publication:

Denver, Colorado : Chicago Distribution Center (CDC Presses); : University Press of Colorado, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Monica L. Smith is professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at the University of California, Los Angeles; holds the Navin and Pratima Doshi Chair in Indian Studies; and is the director of the South Asian Archaeology Laboratory at the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. She is author of Cities: The First 6,000 Years and A Prehistory of Ordinary People and editor of Abundance: The Archaeology of Plenitude and The Social Construction of Ancient Cities.

Summary:

"The Power of Nature address the force and impact of nature relative to human knowledge, action, and volition. Complex case studies address the ways in which nature retains the upper hand in human agentive environmental discourse, providing a new discussion of the role of human effects on the environment"-- Provided by publisher.

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:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781646423521

1646423526

OCLC:

1376372588