The power of nature : archaeology and human-environmental dynamics /

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"The Power of Nature address the force and impact of nature relative to human knowledge, action, and volition. Complex case studies address the ways in which nature retains the upper hand in human agentive environmental discourse, providing a new discussion of the role of human effects on the e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Smith, Monica L., 1954- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Denver : University Press of Colorado, [2022]
Temas:
Environmental archaeology > Case studies.
Human beings > Effect of environment on.
Human beings > Effect of climate on.
Natural disasters > Social aspects.
Climatic changes > Social aspects.
Epidemics > Social aspects.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Archéologie de l'environnement > Études de cas.
Êtres humains > Influence de l'environnement.
Êtres humains > Influence du climat.
Catastrophes naturelles > Aspect social.
Climat > Changements > Aspect social.
Épidémies > Aspect social.
Êtres humains > Influence sur la nature.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Climatic changes > Social aspects
Environmental archaeology
Epidemics > Social aspects
Human beings > Effect of climate on
Human beings > Effect of environment on
Natural disasters > Social aspects
Nature > Effect of human beings on
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Nature as agent : mass-event, incremental, and biotic perspectives / Monica L. Smith
  • Hurricanes as agents of cultural change : integrating paleotempestology and the archaeological record / Matthew C. Peros, Jago Cooper, and François Oliva
  • Navigating the scarcity and abundance of monsoonal rainfall in South Asia / Kanika Kalra
  • Earthquakes and agency in the Roman Mediterranean : resilience and transformation / Jordan Pickett
  • Fire as an agentive force, from forest to hearth to forest again / Monica L. Smith
  • Pathogens with power : how diseases navigate human societies / Sara L. Juengst, Emilie Cobb, Dale L. Hutchinson, Karen Mohr Chávez, Sergio Chávez, and Stanislava Chávez
  • Vegetative agency and social memory in the houselots of the Ancient Maya / Harper Dine, Traci Ardren, and Chelsea Fisher
  • Bird behavior and biology : the agentive role of birds in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico / Katelyn J. Bishop
  • Rats, bats, and birds : the role of non-human ecosystem engineers in Pre-European Polynesian agriculture / Seth Quintus, Jennifer Huebert, Jillian A. Swift, and Kyungsoo Yoo
  • Animal agents in the human environment / Steven Ammerman
  • Reindeer as a toggle : animal agency in domestication / Silvia Tomášková
  • The end of the world (again) / John Robb.

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