ISBN:
0203165101
,
0415216966
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 352 p)
,
ill., maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
One world archaeology 45
Series Statement:
One World Archaeology Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Natural Disasters and Cultural Change
DDC:
303.485
Keywords:
Archaeology and natural disasters
;
Natural disasters
;
Archaeology and natural disasters
;
Natural disasters
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book explores the role played by catastrophic natural events in generating cultural change. Featuring famous events like the eruption of Vesuvius it is extremely useful to academics, scholars and professionals
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Series editors' foreword; Preface; The archaeology of disasters: past and future trends; Basic characteristics of disasters; Tsunamis and the coastal communities of Papua New Guinea; Bacolor town and Pinatubo volcano, Philippines: coping with recurrent lahar disaster; Maritime archaeology and behaviour during crisis: the wreck of the VOC ship Batavia (1629); 'The end is nigh'? Social and environmental responses to volcanic gas pollution
Description / Table of Contents:
Recurring tremors: the continuing impact of the AD 79 eruption of Mt VesuviusVolcanism and early Maori society in New Zealand; Under the volcano: Ni-Vanuatu and their environment; Earthquakes, subsidence, prehistoric site attrition and the archaeological record: a view from the Settlement Point site, Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska; Natural disasters and cultural change in the Shumagin Islands; Horsemen of the Apocalypse: the relationship between severe environmental perturbations and culture change on the north coast of Peru
Description / Table of Contents:
Climatic change, flooding and occupational hiatus in the lake-dwelling central European Bronze AgeTowards an archaeology of crisis: defining the long-term impact of the Bronze Age Santorini eruption; Volcanoes and history: a significant relationship? The case of Santorini; What makes a disaster? A long-term view of volcanic eruptions and human responses in Papua New Guinea; The impact of the Kikai-Akahoya explosive eruptions on human societies; Volcanic disasters and archaeological sites in Southern Kyushu, Japan; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
