Climate 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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Weitere Verfasser: Anderson, David G. (David George), 1965- (HerausgeberIn), Maasch, Kirk A. (Kirk Allen) (HerausgeberIn), Sandweiss, Daniel H. (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Elsevier, 2007.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxv, 575 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780120883905
0120883902
9780080554556
0080554555

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