Surviving sudden environmental change:Answers from archaeology

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Cooper, Jago and Sheets, Payson, eds. (2012) Surviving sudden environmental change:Answers from archaeology. University Press of Colorado. ISBN 9781607321675

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Abstract

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 regions, from tropical rainforests to desert interiors, and from deep prehistory to living memory-faced, and coped with, such dangers. Many disasters originate from a force of nature, such as an earthquake, cyclone, tsunami, volcanic eruption, drought, or flood. But that is only half of the story; decisions of people and their particular cultural lifeways are the rest. Sociocultural factors are essential in understanding risk, impact, resilience, reactions, and recoveries from massive sudden environmental changes. By using deep-time perspectives provided by interdisciplinary approaches, this book provides a rich temporal background to the human experience of environmental hazards and disasters. In addition, each chapter is followed by an abstract summarizing the important implications for today's management practices and providing recommendations for policy makers. Publication supported in part by the National Science Foundation.

Item Type:	Book
Uncontrolled Keywords:	social sciences(all),arts and humanities(all) ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300
Faculty \ School:	University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Centres > Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	27 Jul 2022 08:30
Last Modified:	20 Mar 2023 10:55
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/86911
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