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Megadrought and Collapse: From Early Agriculture to Angkor 1st Edition

by Harvey Weiss (Editor)
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Megadrought and Collapse is the first book to treat in one volume the current paleoclimatic and archaeological evidence of megadrought events coincident with major prehistoric and historical examples of societal collapse. Previous works have offered multi-causal explanations for collapse, from overpopulation, overexploitation of resources, and warfare to poor leadership and failure to adapt to environmental changes. In earlier synthetic studies of major instances of collapse, the full force of climate change has often not been considered.

This volume includes nine case studies that span the globe and stretch over fourteen thousand years, from the paleolithic hunter-gatherer collapse of the 12th millennium BC to the 15th century AD fall of the Khmer capital at Angkor. Together, the studies constitute a primary sourcebook in which principal investigators in archaeology and paleoclimatology present their original research. Each case study juxtaposes the latest paleoclimatic evidence of megadrought (so-called for its severity and its decades - to centuries-long duration) with available archaeological records of synchronous societal collapse. The megadrought data are derived from all five archival paleoclimate proxy sources: speleothems (cave stalagmites), tree rings, and lake, marine, and glacial cores. The archaeological records in each case are the most recently retrieved.

With Megadrought and Collapse, Harvey Weiss and his team of expert contributors have assembled an authoritative investigation that is certain to engage environmental history readers across disciplines in the sciences and social sciences.
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    0199329192
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    978-0199329199
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    1st
  4. Publisher
    Oxford University Press
  5. Publication date
    October 2, 2017
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    1.2 x 9.4 x 6.3 inches
  8. Print length
    344 pages
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"Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals." -- Choice

"Environmental vulnerability in the face of climate change is often discussed in the context of future climate; as such, the perspective on past societal disruption presented in this volume is extremely valuable. The contributing authors are all first-rate experts in their fields. This thorough collection will be of broad interest to archaeologists, paleoclimatologists, anthropologists, social scientists, and many more." --Raymond S. Bradley, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

"Richly documented and wide-ranging, this compelling interdisciplinary history of megadrought and societal collapse stresses the subject of long-term human and environmental interaction, a topic constantly on our minds today due to global warming. With his selected mix of global case studies, Weiss provides us with an important and timely rejoinder against those who question or dismiss the potential impact of major climate change on humans and other organisms." --Tom D. Dillehay, Vanderbilt University

"There has been much speculation that drought has been a key driver leading to the collapse of ancient societies but corroboration of theory has often been less than robust. In this masterful and much-needed book, edited by Harvey Weiss, we at least have the opportunity to see all the evidence brought together and crystallized in one place. At a time when global warming is once again raising the prospect of widespread and catastrophic drought, no one who reads this book should have any doubt of the immense power of drought to devastate and destroy." --Bill McGuire, University College London

About the Author

Harvey Weiss is Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology and Environmental Studies at Yale University. For the past thirty years, he has directed archaeological and paleoenvironmental investigations of the ca. 2200 BC Akkadian site at Tell Leilan, Syria. Weiss has edited several volumes and published numerous articles and essays in Science, Nature, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, among other journals.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; 1st edition (October 2, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 344 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0199329192
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0199329199
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.36 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1.2 x 9.4 x 6.3 inches
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