Natural Disasters and Cultural Change (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Grattan, John; Torrence, Robin

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Human cultures have been interacting with natural hazards since the dawn of time. This book explores these interactions in detail and revisits some famous catastrophes including the eruptions of Thera and Vesuvius. These studies demonstrate that diverse human cultures had well-developed strategies which facilitated their response to extreme natural events.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134604906
• Artikelnr.: 42370594

Autorenporträt

John Grattan, Robin Torrence

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures. List of tables. List of contributors. Preface. 1. The
Archaeology of Disasters: Past and Future Trends Robin Torrence and John
Grattan 2. Basic Characteristics of Disasters Shimoyama Satoru 3. Tsunamis
and the Coastal Communities of Papua New Guinea Hugh Davies 4. Bacalor Town
and Pinatubo Volcano, Philippines: Coping with Recurrent Lahar Disaster
K.S. Crittenden and K.S. Rodolfo 5. Maritime Archaeology and Behaviour
During Crisis: the Wreck of the V.O.C. Ship Batavia (1629) Martin Gibbs 6.
The End is Nigh? Severe Social and Environmental Responses to Volcanic
Pollution of the Lower Atmosphere John Grattan, Ruud T.E. Schüttenhelm and
Mark Brayshay 7. Recurring Tremors: the Continuing Impact of the AD79
Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius Penelope M. Allison 8. Volcanism and Early Maori
Society in New Zealand D.J. Lowe, R.M. Newman and J.D. McGraw 9. Under the
Volcano: Ni-Vanuatu and Their Environment Jean-Christophe Galipaud 10.
Earthquakes, Subsidence, Prehistoric Site Attrition and the Archaeological
Record: A View from the Settlement Point Site, Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska
Patrick Saltonstall and Gary A. Carver 11. Natural Disasters and Cultural
Change in the Shumagin Islands Lucille Lewis Johnson 12. Horsemen of the
Apocalypse: the Relationship between Severe Environmental Perturbations and
Culture Change on the North Coast of Peru Kimberly D. Kornbacher 13.
Climactic Change, Flooding and Occupational Hiatus in the Lake-dwelling
Central European Bronze Age Francesco Menotti 14. Towards an Archaeology of
Crisis: Defining the Long-term Impact of the Bronze Age Santorini Eruption
Jan Driessen 15. Volcanoes and History: a Significant Relationship? The
Case of Santorini Sturt W. Manning and David A. Sewell 16. What Makes a
Disaster? A Long-term View of Volcanic Eruptions and Human Responses in
Papua New Guinea Robin Torrence 17. The Impact of the Kikai-Akahoya
Explosive Eruptions on Human Societies Hiroshi Machida and Shinji Sugiyama
18. Volcanic Disasters and Archaeological Sites in Kyushu, Japan Shimoyama
Satoru