Climates, landscapes, and civilizations /
Liviu Giosan [and others], editors.
- Washington, DC : GeoPress/American Geophysical Union, ©2012.
- 1 online resource (ix, 226 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Geophysical monograph, 198 0065-8448 ; .
- Geophysical monograph ; 198. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface / Bridging a disciplinary gap / Americas. Arguments and evidence against a younger dryas impact event / Environment and agency in the ancient Maya collapse / Rainfall variability and the rise and collapse of the Mississippian chiefdoms / Building resilience in island communities / Recent seasonal variations in arid landscape cover and aeolian sand mobility, Navajo Nation, southwestern United States / Asia. Utilization of distal tephra records for understanding climatic and environmental consequences of the youngest toba tuff / An abrupt shift in the Indian monsoon 4000 years ago / Late Holocene drought patterns over West Asia / Geomorphological constraints on the Ghaggar River regime during the mature Harappan period / A simulation of the Neolithic transition in the Indus Valley / Mid-to-late Holocene agricultural system transformations in the northern fertile crescent / Late Holocene evolution of the Fuzhou Basin (Fujian, China) and the spread of rice farming / Climate-induced changes in population dynamics of Siberian Scythians (700-250 B.C.) / Liviu Giosan [and others] -- William F. Ruddiman -- M. Boslough [and others] -- James J. Aimers -- Paul Aharon, David Aldridge, and John Hellstrom -- Jago Cooper -- Amy E. Draut, Margaret Hiza Redsteer, and Lee Amoroso -- Emma Gatti and Clive Oppenheimer -- M. Berkelhammer [and others] -- Michael Staubwasser -- Hideaki Meomuko [and others] -- Carsten Lemmen and Aurangzeb Khan -- Simone Riehl [and others] -- Barry V. Rolett -- Irina P. Panyushkina. section 1. section 2. Africa. Geoarchaeological perspectives on Holocene climate change as a civilizing factor in the Egyptian Sahara / Heavy rainfalls in a desert(ed) city / Europe. The influence of transgressive paleography on the development and decline of Cardium Pottery Culture (Mediterranean Neolithic) / A dynamic human socioecology of prehistoric and protohistoric Ulster / New approaches and discussion. Influences of active tectonism on human development / Irragric anthrosols, artifacts of human adaptation to arid conditions / Hunter-gatherers, agriculturalists, and climate / AGU category index. Kathleen Nicoll -- Jonas Berking [and others] -- A. Amorosi and A. Morelli -- Tina Thurston and Gill Plunkett -- Eric R. Force and Bruce G. McFadgen -- J. Baade -- Daniel M. Cadzow -- section 3. section 4. section 5.
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series. Climates, Landscapes, and Civilizations brings together a collection of studies on the history of complex interrelationships between humans and their environment by integrating Earth science with archeology and anthropology. At a time when climate change, overpopulation, and scarcity of resources are increasingly affecting our ways of life, the lessons of the past provide multiple reference frames that are valuable for informing our future decisions and action plans. Volume highlights i.
9781118704646 1118704649 9781118704325 1118704320
Cultural landscapes.
Landscape changes.
Climatic changes.
Human beings--Effect of climate on.
Civilization, Ancient.
Civilization, Ancient.
Climatic changes.
Cultural landscapes.
Human beings--Effect of climate on.
Landscape changes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Human Geography.
Civilization, Ancient.
Climatic changes.
Cultural landscapes.
Human beings--Effect of climate on.
Landscape changes.
Electronic books.
GF41 / .C54 2012eb
304.2
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface / Bridging a disciplinary gap / Americas. Arguments and evidence against a younger dryas impact event / Environment and agency in the ancient Maya collapse / Rainfall variability and the rise and collapse of the Mississippian chiefdoms / Building resilience in island communities / Recent seasonal variations in arid landscape cover and aeolian sand mobility, Navajo Nation, southwestern United States / Asia. Utilization of distal tephra records for understanding climatic and environmental consequences of the youngest toba tuff / An abrupt shift in the Indian monsoon 4000 years ago / Late Holocene drought patterns over West Asia / Geomorphological constraints on the Ghaggar River regime during the mature Harappan period / A simulation of the Neolithic transition in the Indus Valley / Mid-to-late Holocene agricultural system transformations in the northern fertile crescent / Late Holocene evolution of the Fuzhou Basin (Fujian, China) and the spread of rice farming / Climate-induced changes in population dynamics of Siberian Scythians (700-250 B.C.) / Liviu Giosan [and others] -- William F. Ruddiman -- M. Boslough [and others] -- James J. Aimers -- Paul Aharon, David Aldridge, and John Hellstrom -- Jago Cooper -- Amy E. Draut, Margaret Hiza Redsteer, and Lee Amoroso -- Emma Gatti and Clive Oppenheimer -- M. Berkelhammer [and others] -- Michael Staubwasser -- Hideaki Meomuko [and others] -- Carsten Lemmen and Aurangzeb Khan -- Simone Riehl [and others] -- Barry V. Rolett -- Irina P. Panyushkina. section 1. section 2. Africa. Geoarchaeological perspectives on Holocene climate change as a civilizing factor in the Egyptian Sahara / Heavy rainfalls in a desert(ed) city / Europe. The influence of transgressive paleography on the development and decline of Cardium Pottery Culture (Mediterranean Neolithic) / A dynamic human socioecology of prehistoric and protohistoric Ulster / New approaches and discussion. Influences of active tectonism on human development / Irragric anthrosols, artifacts of human adaptation to arid conditions / Hunter-gatherers, agriculturalists, and climate / AGU category index. Kathleen Nicoll -- Jonas Berking [and others] -- A. Amorosi and A. Morelli -- Tina Thurston and Gill Plunkett -- Eric R. Force and Bruce G. McFadgen -- J. Baade -- Daniel M. Cadzow -- section 3. section 4. section 5.
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series. Climates, Landscapes, and Civilizations brings together a collection of studies on the history of complex interrelationships between humans and their environment by integrating Earth science with archeology and anthropology. At a time when climate change, overpopulation, and scarcity of resources are increasingly affecting our ways of life, the lessons of the past provide multiple reference frames that are valuable for informing our future decisions and action plans. Volume highlights i.
9781118704646 1118704649 9781118704325 1118704320
Cultural landscapes.
Landscape changes.
Climatic changes.
Human beings--Effect of climate on.
Civilization, Ancient.
Civilization, Ancient.
Climatic changes.
Cultural landscapes.
Human beings--Effect of climate on.
Landscape changes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Human Geography.
Civilization, Ancient.
Climatic changes.
Cultural landscapes.
Human beings--Effect of climate on.
Landscape changes.
Electronic books.
GF41 / .C54 2012eb
304.2