Surviving sudden environmental change : understanding hazards, mitigating impacts, avoiding disasters

Surviving sudden environmental change : understanding hazards, mitigating impacts, avoiding disasters /

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,...

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Other Authors: Cooper, Jago, Sheets, Payson D., Abbott, David A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, ©2012.
Subjects:
Environmental archaeology > Case studies.
Social archaeology > Case studies.
Natural disasters > Social aspects > History > To 1500.
Climatic changes > Social aspects > History > To 1500.
Human ecology > History > To 1500.
Human beings > Effect of climate on > History > To 1500.
Social evolution > History > To 1500.
Social change > History > To 1500.
Case studies.
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