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Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics: A Global Perspective on Mid-Holocene Transitions

By David G. Anderson , Kirk Maasch , Daniel H. Sandweiss

Book information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2007
ISBN
9780120883905, 0120883902
Open Library ID
OL10070950M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (15056234 bytes)
Pages
603\603
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-11-09 02:42:13

Description

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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