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Book/Printed Material Surviving sudden environmental change : understanding hazards, mitigating impacts, avoiding disasters

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Title

  • Surviving sudden environmental change : understanding hazards, mitigating impacts, avoiding disasters

Names

  • Abbott, David A.
  • Cooper, Jago.
  • Sheets, Payson D.

Created / Published

  • Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2012]
  • ©2012

Contents

  • Introduction: Learning to Live with the Dangers of Sudden Environmental Change / Payson Sheets and Jago Cooper -- Hazards, Impacts, and Resilience among Hunter-Gatherers of the Kuril Islands / Ben Fitzhugh -- Responses to Explosive Volcanic Eruptions by Small to Complex Societies in Ancient Mexico and Central America / Payson Sheets -- Black Sun, High Flame, and Flood : Volcanic Hazards in Iceland / Andrew Dugmore and Orri Vésteinsson -- Fail to Prepare then Prepare to Fail : Re-thinking Threat Vulnerability and Mitigation in the Precolumbian Caribbean / Jago Cooper -- Collation, Correlation, and Causation in the Prehistory of Coastal Peru / Daniel H. Sandweiss and Jeffrey Quilter -- Silent Hazards, Invisible Risks : Prehispanic Erosion in the Teotihuacan Valley, Central Mexico / Emily McClung de Tapia -- Domination and Resilience in Bronze Age Mesopotamia / Tate Paulette -- Long-Term Vulnerability and Resilience : Three Examples from Archaeological Study in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico / Margaret C. Nelson, Michelle Hegmon, Keith W. Kintigh, Ann P. Kinzig, Ben A. Nelson, John M. Anderies, David A. Abbott, Katherine A. Spielmann, Scott E. Ingram, Matthew A. Peeples, Stephanie Kulow, Colleen A. Strawhacker, Cathryn Meegan -- Archaeological Overview: Social Evolution, Hazards, and Resilience : Some Concluding Thoughts / Timothy A. Kohler -- Ecodynamics and Resilience Overview: Global Environmental Change, Resilience, and Sustainable Outcomes / Charles L. Redman.

Headings

  • -  Climatic changes--Social aspects--History--To 1500
  • -  Environmental archaeology--Case studies
  • -  Human beings--Effect of climate on--History--To 1500
  • -  Human ecology--History--To 1500
  • -  Natural disasters--Social aspects--History--To 1500
  • -  Social archaeology--Case studies
  • -  Social change--History--To 1500
  • -  Social evolution--History--To 1500

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (xxi, 256 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

  • CC81

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020715281

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Abbott, David A, Jago Cooper, and Payson D Sheets. Surviving Sudden Environmental Change: Understanding Hazards, Mitigating Impacts, Avoiding Disasters. [Boulder: University Press of Colorado, ©, 2012] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020715281/.

APA citation style:

Abbott, D. A., Cooper, J. & Sheets, P. D. (2012) Surviving Sudden Environmental Change: Understanding Hazards, Mitigating Impacts, Avoiding Disasters. [Boulder: University Press of Colorado, ©] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020715281/.

MLA citation style:

Abbott, David A, Jago Cooper, and Payson D Sheets. Surviving Sudden Environmental Change: Understanding Hazards, Mitigating Impacts, Avoiding Disasters. [Boulder: University Press of Colorado, ©, 2012] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020715281/>.