Climate change in prehistory : the end of the reign of chaos /

This book explores the challenges that faced humankind in a glacial climate and the opportunities that arose when the climate improved dramatically after the Ice Age. It weaves together studies of the climate with anthropological, archaeological and historical studies, and will fascinate all those i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Burroughs, William James
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Climatic changes > History.
Climatic changes > Social aspects > History.
Climate and civilization > History.
Paleoclimatology.
Climat > Changements > Histoire.
Climat > Changements > Aspect social > Histoire.
Paléoclimatologie.
Climat et civilisation > Histoire.
NATURE > Weather.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Meteorology & Climatology.
Climate and civilization.
Climatic changes.
Climatic changes > Social aspects.
Klimaatveranderingen.
Prehistorie.
IJstijden.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Cave paintings; 1.2 DNA sequencing; 1.3 Archaeological foundations; 1.4 Where do we start?; 1.5 What do we cover?; 1.6 Climate rules our lives; 1.7 The interaction between history and climate change; 2 The climate of the past 100000 years; 2.1 Defining climate change and climatic variability; 2.2 The emerging picture of climate change; 2.3 Proxy data; 2.4 Do ice-core and ocean-sediment data relate to human experience?; 2.5 Changes during the last ice age; 2.6 The end of the last ice age.

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