Surviving Sudden Environmental Change: Answers From Archaeology
Surviving Sudden Environmental Change: Answers From Archaeology
edited by Jago Cooper and Payson Sheets
University Press of Colorado, 2012
ISBNs
Paper: 978-1-60732-167-5
eISBN: 978-1-60732-168-2 (all)
About the Book
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 regi
About the Author
Jago Cooper is an Arts and Humanities Research Council research associate at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Payson Sheets is a professor of anthropology at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Reviews
"This set of case studies is a good starting point for academics, students, and colleagues in other sciences. And the promise for future research is enormous."
—Brian Fagan, American Antiquity
Tags
Social evolution, Natural disasters, Environmental archaeology, Effect of climate on, Answers, Social change, Human ecology, To 1500, Case studies, Archaeology, Social aspects, Social Science, History
Open Access Information
Label: National Science Foundation
License: CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0
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