Screen LibraryClimate change and cultural dynamics : a global perspective on mid-Holocene transitions /
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...
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Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2007. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780120883905 |
| 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 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxv, 575 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780120883905 0120883902 9780080554556 0080554555 |
| Index Number: | QC981 |
| CLC: | P532 |
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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 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 / F |