Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 198.
Climates, Landscapes, and Civilizations brings together a collection of studies on the history of complex interrelationships between humans and their environment by integrating Earth science with archeology and anthropology. At a time when climate change, overpopulation, and scarcity of resources are increasingly affecting our ways of life, the lessons of the past provide multiple reference frames that are valuable for informing our future decisions and action plans. Volume highlights include discussions of multiple connotations of the Anthropocene, landscapes as a link between climate and humans, synoptic approaches to explore large-scale cultural patterns, regional studies for contextualizing cultural complexity, and environmental determinism and social theory. Straddling the fields of Earth sciences, anthropology, and archaeology and presenting research from across several continents, Climates, Landscapes, and Civilizations will appeal to a wide readership among scientists, scholars, and the public at large.
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Preface
Liviu Giosan, Dorian Q. Fuller, Kathleen Nicoll, Rowan K. Flad,
and Peter D. Clift vii
Bridging a Disciplinary Gap
William F. Ruddiman 1
Section I: Americas
Arguments and Evidence Against a Younger Dryas Impact
Event
M. Boslough, K. Nicoll, V. Holliday, T. L. Daulton, D. Meltzer,
N. Pinter, A. C. Scott, T. Surovell, P. Claeys, J. Gill, F. Paquay,
J. Marlon, P. Bartlein, C. Whitlock, D. Grayson, and A. J. T.
Jull 13
Environment and Agency in the Ancient Maya Collapse
James J. Aimers 27
Rainfall Variability and the Rise and Collapse of the
Mississippian Chiefdoms: Evidence From a De Soto Caverns
Stalagmite
Paul Aharon, David Aldridge, and John Hellstrom 35
Building Resilience in Island Communities: A
Paleotempestological Perspective
Jago Cooper 43
Recent Seasonal Variations in Arid Landscape Cover and Aeolian
Sand Mobility, Navajo Nation, Southwestern United States
Amy E. Draut, Margaret Hiza Redsteer, and Lee Amoroso 51
Section II: Asia
Utilization of Distal Tephra Records for Understanding Climatic
and Environmental Consequences of the Youngest Toba Tuff
Emma Gatti and Clive Oppenheimer 63
An Abrupt Shift in the Indian Monsoon 4000 Years Ago
M. Berkelhammer, A. Sinha, L. Stott, H. Cheng, F. S. R. Pausata,
and K. Yoshimura 75
Late Holocene Drought Pattern Over West Asia
Michael Staubwasser 89
Geomorphological Constraints on the Ghaggar River Regime During
the Mature Harappan Period
Hideaki Maemoku, Yorinao Shitaoka, Tsuneto Nagatomo, and Hiroshi
Yagi 97
A Simulation of the Neolithic Transition in the Indus
Valley
Carsten Lemmen and Aurangzeb Khan 107
Mid-to-Late Holocene Agricultural System Transformations in the
Northern Fertile Crescent: A Review of the Archaeobotanical,
Geoarchaeological, and Philological Evidence
Simone Riehl, Konstantin Pustovoytov, Aron Dornauer, and Walther
Sallaberger 115
Late Holocene Evolution of the Fuzhou Basin (Fujian, China) and
the Spread of Rice Farming
Barry V. Rolett 137
Climate-Induced Changes in Population Dynamics of Siberian
Scythians (700-250 B.C.)
Irina P. Panyushkina 145
Section III: Africa
Geoarchaeological Perspectives on Holocene Climate Change as a
Civilizing Factor in the Egyptian Sahara
Kathleen Nicoll 157
Heavy Rainfalls in a Desert(ed) City: A Climate-Archaeological
Case Study From Sudan
Jonas Berking, Janina Körper, Sebastian Wagner, Ulrich
Cubasch, and Brigitta Schütt 163
Section IV: Europe
The Influence of Transgressive Paleogeography on the Development
and Decline of Cardium Pottery Culture (Mediterranean
Neolithic)
A. Amorosi and A. Morelli 171
A Dynamic Human Socioecology of Prehistoric and Protohistoric
Ulster
Tina Thurston and Gill Plunkett 177
Section V: New Approaches and Discussions
Influences of Active Tectonism on Human Development: A Review
and Neolithic Example
Eric R. Force and Bruce G. Mc Fadgen 195
Irragric Anthrosols–Artifacts of Human Adaptation to Arid
Conditions: Examples From the High Himalaya and the Coastal Desert
of Peru
J. Baade 203
Hunter-Gatherers, Agriculturalists, and Climate: Insights From a
Cross-Disciplinary Review
Daniel M. Cadzow 209
AGU Category Index 217
Index 219
Despre autor
Liviu Giosan is a Romanian and American marine geologist studying the interactions between climate, landscapes and humans. Dorian Q. Fuller is the editor of Climates, Landscapes, and Civilizations, published by Wiley.
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