Research Catalog

Title

Natural disasters and cultural change / edited by Robin Torrence and John Grattan.

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

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Additional Authors

• Torrence, Robin.
• Grattan, John.

Description

xiii, 352 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Series Statement

One world archaeology ; 45

Uniform Title

One world archaeology ; 45.

Subjects

• Archaeology and natural disasters
• Natural disasters

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Archaeology of disasters : past and future trends / Robin Torrence and John Grattan -- Basic characteristics of disasters / Satoru Shimoyama -- Tsunamis and the coastal communities of Papua New Guinea / Hugh Davies -- Bacolor town and Pinatubo volcano, Philippines : coping with recurrent lahar disaster / K.S. Crittenden and K.S. Rodolfo -- Maritime archaeology and behaviour during crisis : the wreck of the VOC ship Batavia (1629) / Martin Gibbs -- 'End is nigh'? : social and environmental responses to volcanic gas pollution / John Grattan, Mark Brayshay and Ruud T.E. Schüttenhelm -- Recurring tremors : the continuing impact of the AD 79 eruption of Mt Vesuvius / Penelope M. Allison -- Volcanism and early Maori society in New Zealand / D.J. Lowe, R.M. Newnham and J.D. McCraw -- Under the volcano : Ni-Vanuatu and their environment / Jean-Christophe Galipaud -- Earthquakes, subsidence, prehistoric site attrition and the archaeological record : a view from the Settlement Point site, Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska / Patrick Saltonstall and Gary A. Carver.
• Natural disasters and cultural change in the Shumagin Islands / Lucille Lewis Johnson -- Horsemen of the Apocalypse : the relationship between severe environmental perturbations and culture change on the north coast of Peru / Kimberly D. Kornbacher -- Climatic change, flooding and occupational hiatus in the lake-dwelling central European Bronze Age / Francesco Menotti -- Towards an archaeology of crisis : defining the long-term impact of the Bronze Age Santorini eruption / Jan Driessen -- Volcanoes and history : a significant relationship? : the case of Santorini / Sturt W. Manning and David A. Sewell -- What makes a disaster? : a long-term view of volcanic eruptions and human responses in Papua New Guinea / Robin Torrence -- Impact of the Kikai-Akahoya explosive eruptions on human societies / Hiroshi Machida and Shinji Sugiyama -- Volcanic disasters and archaelogical sites in Southern Kyushu, Japan / Satoru Shimoyama.

Call Number

JFE 14-8652

ISBN

• 0415216966 (hb)
• 9780415216968 (hb)

LCCN

2002072742

OCLC

49550765

Title

Natural disasters and cultural change / edited by Robin Torrence and John Grattan.

Imprint

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Series

One world archaeology ; 45

One world archaeology ; 45.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Publisher description

Added Author

Torrence, Robin.

Grattan, John.

Research Call Number

JFE 14-8652