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1 online resource (xxv, 575 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Contents list. List of figures. Preface and Acknowledgments. Foreword. Climate and Culture Change: Exploring Holocene Transitions -- Mid-Holocene climate and culture change in coastal Peru. Mid-Holocene climate and culture change in the South Central Andes. Mid-Holocene Climate and cultural dynamics in Brazil and the Guianas. Culture and Climate in Mesoamerica during the middle holocene. Middle holocene environments of North and East Africa, with special emphasis on the African Sahara. Influence of holocene marine transgression and climate change on cultural evolution in Southern Mesopotamia. Mid-Holocene cultural dynamics and climate change in the Western Pacific. Mid Holocene climate and cultural dynamics in Easter Central Asia. Mid-Holocene Climate change and cultural dynamics in the basin of the Sea of Japan and Adjacent Areas -- Mid-Holocene Climatic and Cultural dynamics in Northern Europe. Mid-Holocene Cultural adaptations to central Maine. Mid-Holocen Cultural dynamics in Southeastern North America -- Mid-Holocene culture and climate on the Northwest coast of North America. Middle holocene climate change and population dispersal in Western North America |
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Climate and cultural change : exploring Holocene transitions / David G. Anderson [and others] -- Mid-Holocene climate and culture change in coastal Peru / Daniel H. Sandweiss [and others] -- Mid-holocene climate and culture change in the South Central Andes / Martin Grosjean [and others] -- Mid-Holocene climate and cultural dynamics in Brazil and the Guianas / Betty J. Meggars -- Culture and climate change in Mesoamerica during the Middle Holocene / Barbara Voorhies and Sarah E. Metcalfe -- Middle Holocene environments of north and east Africa, with special emphasis on the African Sahara / Fred Wendorf, Wibjörn Karlén, and Romuald Schild -- Influence of Holocene marine transgression and climate change on cultural evolution in southern Mesopotamia / Douglas J. Kennett and James P. Kennett -- Mid-Holocene cultural dynamics and climatic change in the Western Pacific / Atholl Anderson, Michael Gagan, and James Shulmeister -- Mid-Holocene climate and cultural dynamics in eastern Central China / Tracey L.-D. Lu -- Mid-Holocene climatic changes and cultural dynamics in the basin of the Sea of Japan and adjacent areas / Konstantin A. Lutaenko [and others] -- Mid-Holocene climatic and cultural dynamics in Northern Europe / Wibjörn Karlén and Lars Larsson -- Mid-Holocene cultural adaptations to central Maine / David Sanger, Heather Almquist, and Ann Dieffenbacher-Krall -- Mid-Holocene cultural dynamics in southeastern North America / David G. Anderson, Michael Russo, and Kenneth E. Sassaman -- Mid-Holocene culture and climate on the Northwest Coast of North America / Madonna L. Moss, Dorothy M. Peteet, and Cathy Whitlock -- Middle Holocene climate change and human population dispersal in eastern Central China / Tracey L.-D. Lu -- Mid-Holocene climatic changes and cultural dynamics in the basin of the Sea of Japan and adjacent areas / Konstantin A. Lutaenko [and others] -- Mid- Holocene climatic and cultural dynamics in Northern Europe / Wibjorn Karlen, Lars Larsson -- Mid-Holocene cultural dynamics in southeastern North America / David G. Anderson, Michael Russo, Kenneth E. Sassaman -- Mid-Holocene culture and climate on the Northwest Coast of North America / Madonna L. Moss, Dorothy M. Peteet, Cathy Whitlock -- Middle Holocene climate change and human population dispersal in western North America / Douglas J. Kennett [and others] |
| Summary |
The Middle Holocene epoch (8,000 to 3,000 years ago) was a time of dramatic changes in the physical world and in human cultures. Across this span, climatic conditions changed rapidly, with cooling in the high to mid-latitudes and drying in the tropics. In many parts of the world, human groups became more complex, with early horticultural systems replaced by intensive agriculture and small-scale societies being replaced by larger, more hierarchial organizations. Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics explores the cause and effect relationship between climatic change and cultural transformations across the mid-Holocene (c. 4000 B.C.). * Explores the role of climatic change on the development of society around the world * Chapters detail diverse geographical regions * Co-written by noted archaeologists and paleoclimatologists for non-specialists |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Climatic changes
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Paleoclimatology -- Holocene.
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Climate Change
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climate change.
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NATURE -- Weather.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology.
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Climatic changes
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Holocene Geologic Period
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Paleoclimatology
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Klimaänderung
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Kulturelle Entwicklung
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Mittelpleistozän
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Anderson, David G. (David George), 1965- editor.
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Maasch, Kirk A. (Kirk Allen), editor.
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Sandweiss, Daniel H., editor.
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| ISBN |
9780120883905 |
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0120883902 |
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9780080554556 |
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0080554555 |
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