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Climate and Ancient Societies
Susanne Kerner (Ed.)
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Description for Climate and Ancient Societies
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kerner, Susanne; Dann, Rachael J.; Bangsgaard, Pernille. Num Pages: 340 pages, 27 colour plates, 47 halftones, 7 line drawings & 11 tables. BIC Classification: HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 250 x 27. Weight in Grams: 888.
Climate and human responses to it have a strongly interconnected relationship. Thus when climate change occurs, the result of either natural or human causes, societies should react and adapt to these. But do they? If so, what is the nature of that change, and are the responses positive or negative for the long-term survival of social groups? In Climate and Societies, scholars from diverse disciplines includ-ing archaeology, geology and climate sciences explore scientific and material evidence for climate changes in the past, their causes, their effects on ancient societies and how those societies responded. Organized around four key ... Read more
Climate and human responses to it have a strongly interconnected relationship. Thus when climate change occurs, the result of either natural or human causes, societies should react and adapt to these. But do they? If so, what is the nature of that change, and are the responses positive or negative for the long-term survival of social groups? In Climate and Societies, scholars from diverse disciplines includ-ing archaeology, geology and climate sciences explore scientific and material evidence for climate changes in the past, their causes, their effects on ancient societies and how those societies responded. Organized around four key ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
898g
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
Copenhagen, Denmark
ISBN
9788763541992
SKU
V9788763541992
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About Susanne Kerner (Ed.)
Susanne Kerner is associate professor at the Institute for Regional and Cross-Cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen and coeditor of Food and Commensality. Rachael Dann is associate professor of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology at the Institute for Regional and CrossCultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen and coeditor of Egypt. Pernille Bangsgaard is assistant professor at the Natural History ... Read more
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