El Nino, Catastrophism, and Culture Change in Ancient America

Klappentext 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.

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• Authors: Brian Billman, David Hodell, Gary Huckleberry, Jeffrey Quilter, Daniel H. Sandweiss, Daniel H. (EDT)/ Quilter Sandweiss
• Assisted by: Jeffrey Quilter (Editor), Daniel H. Sandweiss (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2008
• EAN: 9780884023531
• ISBN: 978-0-88402-353-1
• No. of pages: 438
• Series: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Studies; Dumbarton Oaks Other Titles in Pre-Columbian Studies (HUP); Dumbarton Oaks Other Titles in Pre-Columbian Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works