Past vulnerability : volcanic eruptions and human vulnerability in traditional societies past and present / edited by Felix Riede ; Laboratory for Past Disaster Science.
Cover title has typo: Past vulnerability: vulcanic eruptions.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
"Breaks new ground by examining the histories of extreme environmental events, from the recent eruptions of Mount Merapi in Central Java to the prehistoric Toba supervolcanic eruption 74,000 years ago on the island of Sumatra. Experts from a broad and unconventional range of disciplines - from anthropology to literature studies and from archaeology to theology - discuss the impacts of volcanic eruptions inhuman history and prehistory."-- Back cover.
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