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The Holocene An Environmental History.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Roberts, Neil
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2014.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Intro -- THE HOLOCENE AN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY -- Copyright -- Contents -- Technical boxes -- Preface to the third edition -- Acknowledgements -- About the companion website -- 1 Introduction -- Sources of information on past environments -- Nature and society -- The significance of the Holocene -- References -- 2 Reconstructing Holocene environments -- Dating the past -- Historical and archaeological dating -- Radiometric dating methods -- Dendrochronology and radiocarbon calibration -- Other dating methods -- Conclusion -- Palaeoecological techniques -- Pollen analysis -- Plant remains 
505 8 |a Creatures great and small -- Freshwater and marine organisms -- Geological techniques -- Ice and ocean -- Stable isotope analysis -- Geomorphology and climate -- Geo-archaeology -- Modelling the past -- Models of environmental reconstruction -- Computer model simulations -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 The Pleistocene prelude (>11 700 Cal. yr bp) -- Ice Age environments -- The glacial-interglacial cycle -- Understanding the causes of long-term climatic change -- The Last Glacial Maximum and after -- The terminal Pleistocene (15 000-11 700 Cal. yr bp) 
505 8 |a The Late Glacial in the North Atlantic region -- Terminal Pleistocene climatic oscillation: A globally synchronous event? -- Adjustment of geomorphic systems -- Human ecology at the end of the Pleistocene -- Megafaunal extinctions -- References -- 4 Early Holocene adaptations (11 700-6000 Cal. yr bp) -- Changes in the physical environment -- Ice sheets and sea levels -- Human adaptations to coastal environments -- Lake ontogeny and soil development -- The return of the forests -- Europe -- Eastern North America -- Dry Mediterranean woodland -- Tropical forests 
505 8 |a Factors affecting forest re-advance -- The ecology of Mesolithic Europe -- The early Holocene in the tropics -- Saharan palaeoecology -- Early Holocene climates: Pattern and process -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 The first farmers -- Agricultural origins -- Southwest Asia -- China and South Asia -- Mesoamerica -- Tropical domesticates -- Independent innovation or diffusion? -- The role of environmental change in early agriculture -- Early agricultural impacts -- European agricultural dispersals -- Ecological consequences of early European agriculture -- Conclusion -- References 
505 8 |a 6 The taming of nature (6000-1000 Cal. yr bp) -- Introduction -- Changes in the natural environment -- Climate and vegetation -- The origin and development of blanket mires -- Coasts and rivers -- Cultural evolution -- Hydraulic civilisation in Mesopotamia -- Environmental impact in pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica -- Pastoral nomadism -- Mediterranean ecosystems -- The making of the landscape: The british isles -- The primaeval forest -- Shaugh Moor: A Bronze Age landscape -- The environmental impact of permanent agricultural clearance -- Conclusion -- References 
500 |a 7 The impact of modern times (1000-0 Cal. yr bp) 
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