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.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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