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Climate change and cultural dynamics : a global perspective on mid-Holocene transitions / edited by David G. Anderson, Kirk A. Maasch, Daniel H. Sandweiss
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Publication: Amsterdam ; Boston ; Heidelberg [etc.] : Academic press, cop. 2007 Description: 1 vol. (XXV-575 p.) : ill., cartes ; 27 cmISBN: 9780120883905 ; 0120883902.Langue: Anglais Autre auteur: Anderson, David G., Editeur scientifique, 1949-....; Maasch, Kirk A., Editeur scientifique; Sandweiss, Daniel H., Editeur scientifique Résumé: The Middle Holocene epoch (8,000 to 3,000 years ago) was a time of dramatic changes in the physical world and in human cultures. Across this span, climatic conditions changed rapidly, with cooling in the high to mid-latitudes and drying in the tropics. In many parts of the world, human groups became more complex, with early horticultural systems replaced by intensive agriculture and small-scale societies being replaced by larger, more hierarchial organizations. Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics explores the cause and effect relationship between climatic change and cultural transformations across the mid-Holocene (c. 4000 B.C.).. Item type: Ouvrage

Issu d'une conférence "Climate and culture at 3000 B.C." tenue à l'Université du Maine en octobre 1998.

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The Middle Holocene epoch (8,000 to 3,000 years ago) was a time of dramatic changes in the physical world and in human cultures. Across this span, climatic conditions changed rapidly, with cooling in the high to mid-latitudes and drying in the tropics. In many parts of the world, human groups became more complex, with early horticultural systems replaced by intensive agriculture and small-scale societies being replaced by larger, more hierarchial organizations. Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics explores the cause and effect relationship between climatic change and cultural transformations across the mid-Holocene (c. 4000 B.C.).

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