Bioarchaeology of Climate Change and Violence

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Beschreibung

The goal of this monograph is to emphasize with empirical data the complexity of the relationship between climate change and violence. Bioarchaeology is the integration of human skeletal remains from ancient societies with the cultural and environmental context. Information on mortality, disease, diet and other factors provide important data to examine long chronologies of human existence, particularly during periods of droughts and life-threatening climate changes. Case studies are used to reconstruct the responses and short and long-term adaptations made by groups before, during and after dramatic changes in weather and climate. Interpersonal and group violence is also analyzed. The authors find that while in some cases there is an increase in trauma and violence, in other cases there is not. Human groups are capable of avoiding violent altercations and increasing broad networks of cooperation that help to mitigate the effects of climate change. A case study from the U.S. Southwest is provided that shows the variable and surprising ways that ancient farmers in the past dealt with long term droughts.

Über den Autor

Ryan P. Harrod is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Debra L. Martin is the Lincy professor of anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Prior collaborations include the coedited volume. The Bioarchaeology of Violence and the coauthored book Bioarchaeology: An Integrated Approach to Working with Human Remains.

Zusammenfassung

Integrates theory, method and data in the area of climate change and violence

Provides a wealth of methodological standards on how to integrate skeletal analysis with research related to environmental change

Incorporates detailed information on measures of climatic variation and signatures of violence

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: The Bioarchaeology of Climate Change and Violence: A Temporal and Cross-Cultural Approach.- Chapter 2: The Science of Climate Change.- Chapter 3: Culture and Resilience.- Chapter 4: Climate Change, Social Control and Violence in the U.S. Southwest.- Chapter 5: Beyond the Southwest: Is there a Relationship between Climate and Violence?.- Chapter 6: A Bioarchaeological Model of Climate Change and Violence.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2013
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Jahrhundert:	Altertum
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	SpringerBriefs in Anthropology
Inhalt:	xv 75 S. 12 s/w Illustr. 75 p. 12 illus.
ISBN-13:	9781461492382
ISBN-10:	1461492386
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Harrod, Ryan P. Martin, Debra L.
Hersteller:	Springer Springer US, New York, N.Y. SpringerBriefs in Anthropology
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	235 x 155 x 6 mm
Von/Mit:	Ryan P. Harrod (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	13.11.2013
Gewicht:	0,154 kg