Climate change and cultural dynamics : a global perspective on mid-Holocene transitions /

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Imprint:New York : Elsevier, 2007.
Description:xxv, 575 p. : ill., maps ; 27cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6647649
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Other authors / contributors:Anderson, David G. (David George), 1965-
Maasch, Kirk A. (Kirk Allen)
Sandweiss, Daniel H.
ISBN:9780120883905
0120883902
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Contributors
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • 1. Climate and culture change: exploring Holocene transitions
  • 2. Mid-Holocene climate and culture change in coastal Peru
  • 3. Mid-Holocene climate and culture change in the South Central Andes
  • 4. Mid-Holocene climate and cultural dynamics in Brazil and the Guianas
  • 5. Culture and climate in Mesoamerica during the Middle Holocene
  • 6. Middle Holocene environments of north and east Africa, with special emphasis on the African Sahara
  • 7. Influence of Holocene marine transgression and climate change on cultural evolution in southern Mesopotamia
  • 8. Mid-Holocene cultural dynamics and climatic change in the Western Pacific
  • 9. Mid-Holocene climate and cultural dynamics in eastern Central China
  • 10. Mid-Holocene climatic changes and cultural dynamics in the basin of the Sea of Japan and adjacent areas
  • 11. Mid-Holocene climatic and cultural dynamics in Northern Europe
  • 12. Mid-Holocene cultural adaptations to central Maine
  • 13. Mid-Holocene cultural dynamics in southeastern North America
  • 14. Mid-Holocene culture and climate on the Northwest Coast of North America
  • 15. Middle Holocene climate change and human population dispersal in western North America
  • Subject Index