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"Popularist treatments of ancient disasters like volcanic eruptions have grossly overstated their capacity for death, destruction, and societal collapse. Contributors to this volume - from anthropology, archaeology, environmental studies, geology, and biology - show that human societies have be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Archaeological Congress
Otros Autores: Grattan, John, Torrence, Robin
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2007.
Colección:One world archaeology ; 53.
Temas:
Eruption
Archaeology and natural disasters > Congresses.
Volcanoes > Social aspects > History > Congresses.
Social change > History > Congresses.
Human ecology > History > Congresses.
Human beings > Effect of environment on > History > Congresses.
Archéologie et catastrophes naturelles > Congrès.
Volcans > Aspect social > Histoire > Congrès.
Homme > Influence de l'environnement > Histoire > Congrès.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Archaeology and natural disasters.
Human beings > Effect of environment on.
Human ecology.
Social change.
Volcanoes > Social aspects.
Vulkan
Auswirkung
Sozialer Wandel
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Beyond gloom and doom: the long-term consequences of volcanic disasters / John Grattan and Robin Torrence
  • The Campanian Ignimbrite factor: towards a reappraisal of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic 'transition' / Francesco G Fedele [and others]
  • Chaos and selection in catastrophic environments: Willaumez Peninsula, Papua New Guinea / Robin Torrence and Trudy Doelman
  • People and volcanoes in the Zapotitan valley, El Salvador / Payson Sheets
  • Paleoindians and megafaunal extinction in the Basin of Mexico: the role of the 10.5 k Upper Toluca Pumice eruption / Silvia Gonzalez and David Huddart
  • Living with the volcano: the 11th century AD eruption of Sunset Crater / Mark D Elson [and others].
  • Ecological roadblocks on a constrained landscape: the cultural effects of catastrophic Holocene volcanism on the Alaska Peninsula, southwest Alaska / Richard VanderHoek and RE Nelson
  • The long shadow: understanding the influence of the Laki fissure eruption on human mortality in Europe / John Grattan, Sabina Michnowicz, and Roland Rabartin
  • Volcanic oral traditions in hazard assessment and mitigation / Shane J Cronin and Katharine V Cashman
  • Geomythology, theodicy, and the continuing relevance of religious worldviews on responses to volcanic eruptions / David K Chester and Angus M Duncan
  • Planning for the future: a multidisciplinary approach to reconstructing the Buag episode of Mt Pinatubo, Philippines / J-C Gaillard [and others]
  • Archaeology of fire and glass: cultural adoption of Glass Mountain obsidian / Carolyn D Dillian
  • Beyond the catastrophe: the volcanic landscape of Barú, western Panama / Karen Holmberg.

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