Climate change and cultural dynamics : a global perspective on mid-Holocene transitions

Anderson, David G. (Added Author). Maasch, Kirk A. (Added Author). Sandweiss, Daniel H. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780120883905 :
ISBN: 0120883902 :
Physical Description: print
xxv, 575 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier, 2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Climate and culture change: exploring Holocene transitions / David G. Anderson, Kirk A. Maasch, Daniel H. Sandweiss and Paul A. Mayewski -- 2. Mid-Holocene climate and culture change in coastal Peru / Daniel H. Sandweiss, Kirk A. Maasch, C. Fred T. Andrus, Elizabeth J. Reitz, James B. Richardson III, Melanie Riedinger-Whitmore and Harold B. Rollins -- 3. Mid-Holocene climate and culture change in the South Central Andes / Martin Grosjean, Calogero M. Santoro, Lonnie G. Thompson, Lautaro Nunez and Vivien G. Standen -- 4. Mid-Holocene climate and cultural dynamics in Brazil and the Guianas / Betty J. Meggers -- 5. Culture and climate in Mesoamerica during the Middle Holocene / Barbara Voorhies and Sarah E. Metcalfe -- 6. Middle Holocene environments of north and east Africa, with special emphasis on the African Sahara / Fred Wendorf, Wibjorn Karlen and Romuald Schild -- 7. Influence of Holocene marine transgression and climate change on cultural evolution in southern Mesopotamia / Douglas J. Kennett and James P. Kennett -- 8. Mid-Holocene cultural dynamics and climatic change in the Western Pacific / Atholl Anderson, Michael Gagan and James Shulmeister -- 9. Mid-Holocene climate and cultural dynamics in eastern Central China / Tracey L.-D. Lu -- 10. Mid-Holocene climatic changes and cultural dynamics in the basin of the Sea of Japan and adjacent areas / Konstantin A. Lutaenko, Irina S. Zhushchikhovskaya, Yuri A. Mikishin and Alexander N. Popov -- 11. Mid-Holocene climatic and cultural dynamics in Northern Europe / Wibjorn Karlen and Lars Larsson -- 12. Mid-Holocene cultural adaptations to central Maine / David Sanger, Heather Almquist and Ann Dieffenbacher-Krall -- 13. Mid-Holocene cultural dynamics in southeastern North America / David G. Anderson, Michael Russo and Kenneth E. Sassaman -- 14. Mid-Holocene culture and climate on the Northwest Coast of North America / Madonna L. Moss, Dorothy M. Peteet and Cathy Whitlock -- 15. Middle Holocene climate change and human population dispersal in western North America / Douglas J. Kennett, Brendan J. Culleton, James P. Kennett, Jon M. Erlandson and Kevin G. Cannariato.