Eric R. Force

Impact of Tectonic Activity on Ancient Civilizations (eBook, ePUB)

Recurrent Shakeups, Tenacity, Resilience, and Change

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Impact of Tectonic Activity on Ancient Civilizations: Recurrent Shakeups, Tenacity, Resilience, and Change observes a remarkable spatial correspondence of zones of active tectonism (i.e. plate boundaries in the earth's crust) with the most complex cultures of antiquity ("great ancient civilizations"), and continues to explore the meaning of this relationship from a number of independent angles. Due to resulting site damage, this distribution is counter-intuitive. Nevertheless, systematic differences between "tectonic" and "quiescent" cultures show that tectonic activity corresponded in antiquity with more cultural dynamism. Data of several independent types support direct cultural influence of tectonism, including vignettes of the impact of tectonism in specific ancient cultures. An expectation of change seems to be a feature such tectonic cultures shared, and led to an acceleration of development. These dynamics continue though much obscured in the present day.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498514286
• Artikelnr.: 43815852

Autorenporträt

Eric R. Force is adjunct professor at the University of Arizona and a practicing geologist with field research spanning fifteen countries.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures, Images, and Tables Preface Chapter 1 Introduction Part I:
"The Great Ancient Civilizations" Chapter 2 Tectonic Footprints in the
Ancient Hellenic World Chapter 3 A Volcanic Connection in Iron-Age Italy:
The Etruscans and Romans Chapter 4 Ancient Tectonism in SW Asia, Impact on
Judeo-Christian Traditions, and General Considerations on Religious
Influences Chapter 5 Filling in the Picture: Remaining GAC's and a
Qualitative Overview Part II: Analysis and Separate Lines of Inquiry
Chapter 6 Quantification of the Spatial Relation via Probability Analysis
Chapter 7 Transects: Comparing Complexities of Ancient Cultures at a
Continental Scale Chapter 8 A Tendency toward Stasis in Tectonically
Quiescent Ancient Civilizations Chapter 9 Tectonic Context of Pre-Columbian
Civilizations of the Western Hemisphere-an Independent "Experiment" Chapter
10 Revelations from Some GAC Subsets Chapter 11 Tectonics and Trade Route
Propagation in Antiquity Part III: Variations with Time Chapter 12 Tectonic
Environments of Complex Cultures just before and after the Period of
Classical Antiquity Chapter 13 Cultural Roles of Tectonism in the Modern
World Part IV: Possible Forms of a Solution Chapter 14 Direct Influences of
Active Tectonics on Cultural Development in Antiquity: A Summary of Five
Lines of Evidence Chapter 15 Possible Indirect Links between Ancient
Civilizations and Active Tectonism Chapter 16 An Adjunct Direct Factor:
Unusual Springs along Active Faults Chapter 17 Tectonics and Ancient
Civilizations: Summary and Surmises Postscript: Some Implications from the
Bare Facts Appendices References About the Author