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Title Living under the shadow : cultural impacts of volcanic eruptions / edited by John Grattan and Robin Torrence.

Publication Info. Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 307 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series One world archaeology series ; 53
One world archaeology ; 53.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Beyond gloom and doom: the long-term consequences of volcanic disasters / John Grattan and Robin Torrence -- The Campanian Ignimbrite factor: towards a reappraisal of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic 'transition' / Francesco G Fedele [and others] -- Chaos and selection in catastrophic environments: Willaumez Peninsula, Papua New Guinea / Robin Torrence and Trudy Doelman -- People and volcanoes in the Zapotitan valley, El Salvador / Payson Sheets -- Paleoindians and megafaunal extinction in the Basin of Mexico: the role of the 10.5 k Upper Toluca Pumice eruption / Silvia Gonzalez and David Huddart -- Living with the volcano: the 11th century AD eruption of Sunset Crater / Mark D Elson [and others].
Ecological roadblocks on a constrained landscape: the cultural effects of catastrophic Holocene volcanism on the Alaska Peninsula, southwest Alaska / Richard VanderHoek and RE Nelson -- The long shadow: understanding the influence of the Laki fissure eruption on human mortality in Europe / John Grattan, Sabina Michnowicz, and Roland Rabartin -- Volcanic oral traditions in hazard assessment and mitigation / Shane J Cronin and Katharine V Cashman -- Geomythology, theodicy, and the continuing relevance of religious worldviews on responses to volcanic eruptions / David K Chester and Angus M Duncan -- Planning for the future: a multidisciplinary approach to reconstructing the Buag episode of Mt Pinatubo, Philippines / J-C Gaillard [and others] -- Archaeology of fire and glass: cultural adoption of Glass Mountain obsidian / Carolyn D Dillian -- Beyond the catastrophe: the volcanic landscape of Barú, western Panama / Karen Holmberg.
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Subject Archaeology and natural disasters -- Congresses.
Archaeology and natural disasters.
Volcanoes -- Social aspects -- History -- Congresses.
Volcanoes -- Social aspects.
History.
Volcanoes.
Social change -- History -- Congresses.
Social change.
Human ecology -- History -- Congresses.
Human ecology.
Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- History -- Congresses.
Human beings -- Effect of environment on.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Grattan, John.
Torrence, Robin.
World Archaeological Congress (5th : 2003 : Washington, D.C.)
Other Form: Print version: Living under the shadow. Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2007 (DLC) 2007018705
ISBN 1598747770 (electronic book)
9781598747775 (electronic book)
9781598742688 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
159874268X (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9781598742695 (paperback)
1598742698 (paperback)
Standard No. 3298165