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Living under the shadow [electronic resource] : cultural impacts of volcanic eruptions / edited by John Grattan and Robin Torrence.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: One world archaeology ; 53.Publication details: Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, c2007.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:
  • 1598747770 (electronic bk.)
  • 9781598747775 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 930.1028 22
LOC classification:
  • CC77.N36 L585 2007
Online resources:
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 ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.]
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 ... [et al.] -- 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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Description based on print version record.

Based on papers from a session of the same name at WAC5 held in Washington, D.C. in 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.]

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 ... [et al.] -- 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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