Volcanic Activity and Human Ecology
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Volcanic Activity and Human Ecology

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Volcanic Activity and Human Ecology

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Volcanic Activity and Human Ecology deals with dating, chronology, stratigraphy, volcanic activity, and with the impacts of volcanism on animals, plants, human populations, and the environment. Some of the chapters explain how such findings must be weighed against other causes that influence human behavior and survival, such as factors of social customs, climatic change, shifting biogeographic patterns, disease, and the ability to adapt. Each of the chapters that assess the possible human response to volcanism does so by searching for multiple explanations of the archaeological record, avoiding the simple argument that people were dramatically and inevitably overcome by catastrophic geologic events. The book begins with discussions of volcanism as seen by geologists and pedologists. These include s a general overview of volcanoes and volcanism; a review of the production, dispersal, and properties of tephra and of the geologic methods used to study tephra; and the nature of volcanic soils and their economic impact. Subsequent chapters use the geologic and modern records to examine volcanoes as hazards to people. The final series of papers deals with the interrelationships between volcanism and human occupations as seen through the archaeological, paleobotanical, and paleozoological records.

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Yes, you can access Volcanic Activity and Human Ecology by Payson D. Sheets, Donald K. Grayson, Payson D. Sheets,Donald K. Grayson in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Anthropology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780126391206
eBook ISBN
9781483263182
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Anthropology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Volcanic Activity and Human Ecology
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. List of Contributors
  7. Foreword
  8. Chapter 1. Introduction
  9. Chapter 2. Volcanoes and Their Activity
  10. Chapter 3. Geologic Methods in Studies of Quaternary Tephra
  11. Chapter 4. Soils Derived from Tephra
  12. Chapter 5. On the Damage Caused by Volcanic Eruptions with Special Reference to Tephra and Gases
  13. Chapter 6. Volcanoes as Hazard: An Overview
  14. Chapter 7. Volcanic-Hazards Studies in the Cascade Range of the Western United States
  15. Chapter 8. Contemporary Responses to Volcanism: Case Studies from the Cascades and Hawaii
  16. Chapter 9. Effects of the Eruption of Paricutin Volcano on Landforms, Vegetation, and Human Occupancy
  17. Chapter 10. Impact of Parícutin on Five Communities
  18. Chapter 11. The Significance of Volcanism in the Prehistory of Subarctic Northwest North America
  19. Chapter 12. People and Pumice on the Alaska Peninsula
  20. Chapter 13. Pollen Influx and the Deposition of Mazama and Glacier Peak Tephra
  21. Chapter 14. Mount Mazama, Climatic Change, and Fort Rock Basin Archaeofaunas
  22. Chapter 15. Sunset Crater and the Sinagua: A New Interpretation
  23. Chapter 16. Comparative Effects of Climatic Change, Cultural Impact, and Volcanism in the Paleoecology of Flagstaff, Arizona, A.D. 900-1300
  24. Chapter 17. Environmental and Cultural Effects of the lIopango Eruption in Central America
  25. Chapter 18. The Eruption of Thera and Minoan Crete
  26. Chapter 19. Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius, A.D. 79
  27. Chapter 20. Volcanic Disasters and the Archaeological Record
  28. Subject Index