Climate change and cultural dynamics a global perspective on mid-Holocene transitions

Anderson, David G. (David George), 1965- (Added Author). Maasch, Kirk A. (Kirk Allen) (Added Author). Sandweiss, Daniel H. (Added Author).

Summary: The Middle Holocene epoch (8,000 to 3,000 years ago) was a time of dramatic changes in the physical world and in human cultures. Across this span, climatic conditions changed rapidly, with cooling in the high to mid-latitudes and drying in the tropics. In many parts of the world, human groups became more complex, with early horticultural systems replaced by intensive agriculture and small-scale societies being replaced by larger, more hierarchial organizations. Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics explores the cause and effect relationship between climatic change and cultural transformations across the mid-Holocene (c. 4000 B.C.). * Explores the role of climatic change on the development of society around the world * Chapters detail diverse geographical regions * Co-written by noted archaeologists and paleoclimatologists for non-specialists.

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ISBN: 0080554555 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780080554556 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0120883902
ISBN: 9780120883905
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 575 p.) : ill., maps.
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Publisher: New York : Elsevier, 2007.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Climate and cultural change : exploring Holocene transitions / David G. Anderson ... [et al.] -- Mid-Holocene climate and culture change in coastal Peru / Daniel H. Sandweiss ... [et al.] -- Mid-holocene climate and culture change in the South Central Andes / Martin Grosjean ... [et al.] -- Mid-Holocene climate and cultural dynamics in Brazil and the Guianas / Betty J. Meggars -- Culture and climate change in Mesoamerica during the Middle Holocene / Barbara Voorhies and Sarah E. Metcalfe -- Middle Holocene environments of north and east Africa, with special emphasis on the African Sahara / Fred Wendorf, Wibjörn Karlén, and Romuald Schild -- Influence of Holocene marine transgression and climate change on cultural evolution in southern Mesopotamia / Douglas J. Kennett and James P. Kennett -- Mid-Holocene cultural dynamics and climatic change in the Western Pacific / Atholl Anderson, Michael Gagan, and James Shulmeister -- Mid-Holocene climate and cultural dynamics in eastern Central China / Tracey L.-D. Lu -- Mid-Holocene climatic changes and cultural dynamics in the basin of the Sea of Japan and adjacent areas / Konstantin A. Lutaenko ... [et al.] -- Mid-Holocene climatic and cultural dynamics in Northern Europe / Wibjörn Karlén and Lars Larsson -- Mid-Holocene cultural adaptations to central Maine / David Sanger, Heather Almquist, and Ann Dieffenbacher-Krall -- Mid-Holocene cultural dynamics in southeastern North America / David G. Anderson, Michael Russo, and Kenneth E. Sassaman -- Mid-Holocene culture and climate on the Northwest Coast of North America / Madonna L. Moss, Dorothy M. Peteet, and Cathy Whitlock -- Middle Holocene climate change and human population dispersal in eastern Central China / Tracey L.-D. Lu -- Mid-Holocene climatic changes and cultural dynamics in the basin of the Sea of Japan and adjacent areas / Konstantin A. Lutaenko ... [et al.] -- Mid- Holocene climatic and cultural dynamics in Northern Europe / Wibjorn Karlen, Lars Larsson -- Mid-Holocene cultural dynamics in southeastern North America / David G. Anderson, Michael Russo, Kenneth E. Sassaman -- Mid-Holocene culture and climate on the Northwest Coast of North America / Madonna L. Moss, Dorothy M. Peteet, Cathy Whitlock -- Middle Holocene climate change and human population dispersal in western North America / Douglas J. Kennett ... [et al.].
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