"Man-made climate change may have began in the last two hundred years, but humankind has witnessed many eras of climate instability. The results have not always been pretty: once-mighty civilizations felled by pestilence and glacial melt and drought. But we have one powerful advantage as we face our current crisis: history. The study of ancient climates has advanced tremendously in the past ten years, to the point where we can now reconstruct seasonal weather going back thousands of years, and see just how civilizations and nature interacted. The lesson is clear: the societies that survive are the ones that plan ahead"--Provided by publisher.
how the Ice Age gave birth to the first modern humans
Fagan, Brian M
2011
Examines the Cro-Magnons, discussing their environments in which they lived, their encounters with Neanderthal, and how they used intelligence to survive.
Presents a history of North American settlement, from the first settlers over 15,000 years ago to the arrival of the Europeans in the fifthteenth century.
Chronicles the ongoing and evolving relationship between humans and animals, from the first human-animal interactions to the present. Explores how animals have offered companionship, as well as served as beasts of burden and commodities. Also discusses how humanity's relationships with animal species have shaped our own history.
A new perspective on familiar events in history describes how a 500-year change in climate that lasted from A.D. 1300 until 1850 shaped modern European history.
Presents a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the discipline, covering research methods, how artifacts are recovered and analyzed, evolution, and many general facets of culture, art, and religion.
A collection of essays which draw on modern science and the latest research findings to explore some of archaeology's most baffling controversies and enigmas from the ancient world.
Presents a history of climatic shifts over the past 20,000 years and discusses how civilization rose up during the warm period starting about 15,000 years ago.
Examines the links between climate and culture by looking at the long-term effects of El Nino on weather patterns over the past five millennia and studying the impact on human civilization during that time.
