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Climate Change Archaeology: Building Resilience from Research in the World´s Coastal Wetlands
Robert Van de Noort
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Description for Climate Change Archaeology: Building Resilience from Research in the World´s Coastal Wetlands
Hardback. This pioneering study provides the theoretical basis for archaeological data to be included in climate change debate. Applying an approach which uses archaeological research as a repository of ideas and concepts, it illustrates the pathways implemented in times of climate change in the past and how these can help prepare modern communities. Num Pages: 288 pages, 54 in-text illustrations. BIC Classification: HDW; RGBF; RNF; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 648.
It is beyond doubt that the climate is changing, presenting us with one of the biggest challenges in the twenty-first-century. During the past 150 years, archaeologists have studied the impact of climate change on humanity; however, this information has not yet been used when considering the impact climate change will have on future human communities. This pioneering study addresses this major paradox in modern climate change research, and provides the theoretical basis for archaeological data to be included in climate change debates - an approach which uses archaeological research as a repository of ideas and concepts which can help build ... Read more
It is beyond doubt that the climate is changing, presenting us with one of the biggest challenges in the twenty-first-century. During the past 150 years, archaeologists have studied the impact of climate change on humanity; however, this information has not yet been used when considering the impact climate change will have on future human communities. This pioneering study addresses this major paradox in modern climate change research, and provides the theoretical basis for archaeological data to be included in climate change debates - an approach which uses archaeological research as a repository of ideas and concepts which can help build ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199699551
SKU
V9780199699551
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99-7
About Robert Van de Noort
Robert Van de Noort is Pro-Vice-Chancellor Academic Planning and Resource, and Professor in Archaeology at the University of Reading
Reviews for Climate Change Archaeology: Building Resilience from Research in the World´s Coastal Wetlands
a significant addition to existing research
Current World Archaeology
There are plenty of shelves with space for this bookânot only of scholars and students of archaeology and climate change, but also managers and policy makers.
Jonathan Benjamin, Antiquity
Current World Archaeology
There are plenty of shelves with space for this bookânot only of scholars and students of archaeology and climate change, but also managers and policy makers.
Jonathan Benjamin, Antiquity