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S U R V I V I N G S U D D E NE N V I R O N M E N T A L C H A N G E

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Archaeologists have long encountered evidence of natural disasters through excavation and stratigra-phy. In Surviving Sudden En!ironmental Change, case studies examine how eight di!erent past hu-man communities—ranging from Arctic to equa-torial regions, from tropical rainforests to des-ert interiors, and from deep prehistory to living memory—faced and coped with such dangers.

Many disasters originate from a force of na-ture, such as an earthquake, cyclone, tsunami, vol-canic eruption, drought, or "ood. But that is only half of the story; decisions of people and their par-ticular cultural lifeways are the rest. Sociocultural factors are essential in understanding risk, impact, resilience, reactions, and recoveries from massive sudden environmental changes. By using deep-time perspectives provided by interdisciplinary approaches, this book provides a rich temporal background to the human experience of environ-mental hazards and disasters. In addition, each chapter is followed by an abstract summarizing the important implications for today’s manage-ment practices and providing recommendations for policy makers.

Publication supported in part by the

National Science Foundation.

JAGO COOPER is an Arts and Humanities Research Council research associate and lectures at the Insti-tute of Archaeology, University College London.

PAYSON SHEETS is a professor of anthropology at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS

David Abbott

Marty Anderies

Andrew Dugmore

Ben Fitzhugh

Michelle Hegmon

Scott Ingram

Keith Kintigh

Ann Kinzig

Timothy Kohler

Stephanie Kulow

Emily McClung de Tapia

Thomas McGovern

Cathryn Meegan

Ben Nelson

Margaret Nelson

Tate Paulette

Matthew Peeples

Jeffrey Quilter

Charles Redman

Daniel Sandweiss

Katherine Spielmann

Colleen Strawhacker

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