The Middle Holocene epoch (8,000 to 3,000 years ago) was a time of dramatic changes in the physical world and in human cultures. Across this span, climatic conditions changed rapidly, with cooling in the high to mid-latitudes and drying in the tropics. In many parts of the world, human groups became more complex, with early horticultural systems replaced by intensive agriculture and small-scale societies being replaced by larger, more hierarchial organizations. Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics explores the cause and effect relationship between climatic change and cultural transformations across the mid-Holocene (c. 4000 B.C.).
* Explores the role of climatic change on the development of society around the world
* Chapters detail diverse geographical regions
* Co-written by noted archaeologists and paleoclimatologists for non-specialists
Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics: A Global Perspective on Mid-Holocene Transitions Ebook
By: Anderson, David G.; Maasch, Kirk; Sandweiss, Daniel H.
Publisher:
Academic Press
Print ISBN: 9780120883905, 0120883902
eText ISBN: 9780120883905, 9780080554556, 0080554555
Pages: 602
Format: PDF
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