Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics
A Global Perspective on Mid-Holocene Transitions
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, Meteorology, Earth Sciences, Nature
| Author: | ISBN: | 9780080554556 | |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science | Publication: | July 28, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Academic Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9780080554556 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science |
| Publication: | July 28, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Academic Press |
| Language: | English |
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
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
