Surviving Sudden Environmental Change
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Surviving Sudden Environmental Change

Answers From Archaeology

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Surviving Sudden Environmental Change

Answers From Archaeology

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Archaeologists have long encountered evidence of natural disasters through excavation and stratigraphy. In Surviving Sudden Environmental Change, case studies examine how eight different past human communities-ranging from Arctic to equatorial regi

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Index

Page numbers in italic indicate illustrations.
Abandonment: Bronze Age Mesopotamia, 178, 179; northern Mexico, 204; Supe Culture, 128–29
Aborigines, social complexity, 123–24
Abu Dibbis depression, 177
Acolman, 156
Adaptability, 147, 157
Adaptive cycle, in Mesopotamia, 181
Agave cultivation, 204–6
Agriculture, 24, 124, 239, 241; Basin of Mexico, 143, 149, 165; coastal Peru, 125–27; diversification of, 203–6, 213, 221; and floods, 176–77; Mesopotamia, 168, 173–76, 183, 186; salinization, 178–79; Teotihuacan, 151–52, 153–54; US Southwest, 206–10; and volcanic eruptions, 52–55
Ainu, 24, 34–35, 37
Akkadian state, 183
Álftaver, 73
Andean coast, 117, 118; and ENSO, 9–10, 119–20
Andes Mountains, 127, 140
Archaeology, 4–5, 58, 224; applied, 12–16; Caribbean Islands, 94–95; coastal Peru, 128–33; collation, 121–22; correlation and causation in, 122–23; and disaster management, 106, 107; Kuril Islands, 22–25, 28–30, 30–31; Mesopotamian, 171–73; scales of complexity, 123–24; secure information, 120–21
Architecture: earthquake-resistant, 59, 65; household, 9, 13–14, 101–2, 240; Mayan, 56; talud-tablero, 53; Teotihuacan, 153–54; urban, 10
Arenal area: social organization, 57, 229; vulnerability and resilience, 45–50, 52, 59
Arenal volcano, eruptions of, 45–46, 47, 64–65
Art, Maya Classic period, 56
Ascope Canal, 129
Askja, 73–74
Assyrian Empire, 184, 185
Atlatongo, 155, 156
Atmospheric phenomenon, AD536, 58
Authority, local nodes of, 16, 57
Avulsion, 177
Aztecs, 156
Babylon, 183–84
Bajareque architecture, 59, 65
Bands, 224, 227
Bárdarbunga volcano, 72
Barrilles culture, 8; and Baru eruption, 51–52, 57
Baru volcano, 8, 51, 51–52, 57
Belief systems, Caribbean, 100. See also Religion
Biodiversity, Kuril Islands, 21, 22
Biogeography, Kuril Islands, 20–22
Biomass, and Okhotsk Sea circulation, 32
Boinayel, 100
Boqueron volcano, 50, 57
British Isles, volcanic pollution in, 75
Bronze Age: arc...

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Chapter Abstracts
  7. INTRODUCTION Learning to Live with the Dangers of Sudden Environmental Change
  8. ONE Hazards, Impacts, and Resilience among Hunter-Gatherers of the Kuril Islands
  9. TWO Responses to Explosive Volcanic Eruptions by Small to Complex Societies in Ancient Mexico and Central America
  10. THREE Black Sun, High Flame, and Flood: Volcanic Hazards in Iceland
  11. FOUR Fail to Prepare, Then Prepare to Fail: Rethinking Threat, Vulnerability, and Mitigation in the Precolumbian Caribbean
  12. FIVE Collation, Correlation, and Causation in the Prehistory of Coastal Peru
  13. SIX Silent Hazards, Invisible Risks: Prehispanic Erosion in the Teotihuacan Valley, Central Mexico
  14. SEVEN Domination and Resilience in Bronze Age Mesopotamia
  15. EIGHT Long-Term Vulnerability and Resilience: Three Examples from Archaeological Study in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico
  16. NINE Social Evolution, Hazards, and Resilience: Some Concluding Thoughts
  17. TEN Global Environmental Change, Resilience, and Sustainable Outcomes
  18. Contributors
  19. Index
  20. Footnotes