Living Under the Shadow

Throughout human history, many cultures have developed in volcanic environments, and have been shown not only to survive in the face of what may be a threatening locality, but have adapted to and been stimulated by the presence of volcanic activity around them. Living Under the Shadow explores the relationships between people and their volcanic environments, debunking popular myths and highlighting important new research that will present exciting future avenues for examination. The work of the 18 authors gathered together in this volume cover cultures and environments ranging from the Palaeolithic peoples of Europe, through hunter-gatherers of New Guinea and Alaska, Neolithic cultures in Japan, North American tribal cultures, early polities of Central America and the Bronze Age Mediterranean to the recent historical period.

ISBN 1844720942   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781844720941 (What's this?)   Pages 272 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Volumes 001 Imprint UCL Press   Published in London Format Hardback   Series title One World Archaeology Publication date 01 Apr 2006   Height (mm) 234 Library of Congress CC73-81, GN301-674, GF51-71   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 303.485   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

The Campanian Ignimbrite eruption (ca.40,000 years BP) and the dynamics of the Late Pleistocene human evolution in Europe; Cultural responses to volcanic eruptions in Japan: The impact of the 11400 BP Satsuma tephra; Modeling Human Response To volcanic Disasters In Coastal Ecuadorian Prehistory: A View From The Jama Valley; Ecological Roadblocks on a Constrained Landscape: The Cultural Effects of Catastrophic Holocene Volcanism on the Alaska Peninsula, Southwest Alaska; Eruptions of Haruna volcano and their impacts on human life in the 5-6th centuries The Impact of Sunset Crater Volcano on Local Northern Arizona Populations, ca. A.D. 1100; Beneficial Influences of Volcanic Eruptions on Prehistoric Agriculture: Lessons from the 11th Century Eruption of Sunset Crater, Arizona, USA; Impacts of minor volcanic activity on the cultural and inhabitation history of the Aegean; All History is Local: Impact and Response to the Pululahua Eruption in Northern Ecuador; Ethno-cultural dimension of a volcanic disaster; the case of the 1991 Mt Pinatubo eruption (Philippines); Gradual vs. Punctuated Change: The Importance of Scale in Evaluating Disasters; The conceptual "mapping" of a volcano in its social landscape: Volcn Bar, Panam; Archaeology of Fire and Glass: The Formation of Glass Mountain; Geomythology, theodicy and the continuing relevance of religious worldviews on responses to volcanic eruptions; Volcanic influences on human mortality; the long reach of cold rain and hot fogs.

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