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El Niño, catastrophism, and culture change in ancient America

Title: El Niño, catastrophism, and culture change in ancient America / editors, Daniel H. Sandweiss, Jeffrey Quilter.
Publication: Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection ; [Cambridge, Mass.] : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2008.

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Description

viii, 290 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 26 cm

Summary

"El Nino is an extreme climate perturbation that periodically changes weather throughout the globe, often with dire consequences. First recognized in Peru, El Nino events are best known and documented there. This book summarizes research on the nature of El Nino events in the Americas and details specific historic and prehistoric patterns in Peru and elsewhere. By also looking at other catastrophic natural events in the ancient New World, the book illustrates how scientific archaeology can serve pure research as well as provide information for contemporary issues."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

Niño, catastrophism, and culture change in ancient America

Subject

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings.
History.

Note

Papers from a symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 12th-13th October, 2002.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Climate, catastrophe, and culture in the ancient Americas / Daniel H. Sandweiss and Jeffrey Quilter -- Paleoclimate from ice cores : a framework for archaeological interpretations / Paul Andrew Mayweski -- El Niño and interannual variability of climate in the Western Hemisphere / Kirk Allen Maasch -- Climate change, El Niño, and the rise of complex society on the Peruvian coast during the middle Holocene / James B. Richardson III and Daniel H. Sandweiss -- Catastrophe and the emergence of political complexity : a social anthropological model / Paul Roscoe -- Deciphering the politics of prehistoric El Niño events on the north coast of Peru / Brian R. Billman and Gary Huckleberry -- Deadly deluges in the southern desert : modern and ancient El Niños in the Osmore region of Peru / Michael E. Moseley and David K. Keefer -- Marching to disaster: the catastrophic convergence of Inca imperial policy, sand flies, and El Niño in the 1524 Andean epidemic / James B. Kiracofe and John S. Marr -- Armageddon to the Garden of Eden : explosive volcanic eruptions and societal resilience in ancient Middle America / Payson Sheets -- The collapse of Maya civilization : assessing the interaction of culture, climate, and environment / Jason Yaeger and David A. Hodell -- And the waters took them : catastrophic flooding and civilization on the Mexican Gulf Coast / S. Jeffrey K. Wilkerson.

Call Number

JFF 15-978

ISBN

9780884023531
0884023532

LCCN

2007039441

OCLC

173809022

Title

El Niño, catastrophism, and culture change in ancient America / editors, Daniel H. Sandweiss, Jeffrey Quilter.

Imprint

Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection ; [Cambridge, Mass.] : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2008.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Connect to:

Table of contents only

Indexed Term

Climate and civilization Latin America Congresses

Climatic changes Environmental aspects Latin America History Congresses

Climatic changes Social aspects Latin America History Congresses

El Niño Current Environmental aspects Latin America History Congresses

Added Author

Sandweiss, Daniel H.

Quilter, Jeffrey, 1949-

Dumbarton Oaks.

Other Form:

Online version: Niño, catastrophism, and culture change in ancient America. Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection ; [Cambridge, Mass.] : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2008 (OCoLC)767798342

Research Call Number

JFF 15-978

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