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Natural disasters and cultural change / edited by Robin Torrence and John Grattan.

Contributor(s): Torrence, Robin | Grattan, John
Language: English Publisher: London : Routledge, 2002.Description: xv, 352p. : ill., maps, tables ; 24cm.ISBN: 0415216966
Contents:
The archaeology of disasters : past and future trends / Robin Torrence and John Grattan; Basic characteristics of disasters / Satoru Shimoyama; Tsumanis and the coastal communities of Papua New Guinea / Hugh Davies; Bacolor town and Pinatubo volcano, Philippines : coping with current lahar disaster / K. S. Crittenden and K. S. Rodolfo; Maritime archaeology and behaviour during crisis : the wreck of the VOC ship Batavia (1629) / Martin Gibbs; 'The end is nigh'? : social and environmental responses to volcanic gas pollution / John Grattan, Mark Brayshay and Ruud T. E. Schüttenhelm; Recurring tremors : the continuing impact of the AD 79 eruption of Mt Vesuvius / Penelope M. Allison; Volcanism and early Maori society in New Zealand / D. J. Lowe, R. M. Newnham and J. D. McCraw; Under the volcano : Ni-Vanuatu and their environment / Jean-Christophe Galipaud; Earthquakes, subsidence, prehistoric site attrition and the archaeological record : a view from the Setlement Point site, Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska / Patrick Saltonstall and Gary A. Carver; Natural disasters and cultural change in the Shumagin Islands / Lucille Lewis Johnson; Horsemen of the Apocalypse : the relationship between severe environmental perturbations and culture change on the north coast of Peru / Kimberly D. Kornbacher; Climatic change, flooding and occupational hiatus in the lake-dwelling central European bronze age / Francesco Menotti; Towards an archaeology of crisis : defining the long-term impact of the bronze age Santorini eruption / Jan Driessen; Volcanoes and history : a significant relationship? : the case of Santorini / Sturt W. Manning and David A. Sewell; What makes a disaster? : a long-term view of volcanic eruptions and human responses in Papua New Guinea / Robin Torrence; The impact of the Kikai-Akahoya explosive eruptions on human societies / Hiroshi Machida and Shinji Sugiyama; Volcanic disasters and archaeological sites in southern Kyushu, Japan / Satoru Shimoyama.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The archaeology of disasters : past and future trends / Robin Torrence and John Grattan; Basic characteristics of disasters / Satoru Shimoyama; Tsumanis and the coastal communities of Papua New Guinea / Hugh Davies; Bacolor town and Pinatubo volcano, Philippines : coping with current lahar disaster / K. S. Crittenden and K. S. Rodolfo; Maritime archaeology and behaviour during crisis : the wreck of the VOC ship Batavia (1629) / Martin Gibbs; 'The end is nigh'? : social and environmental responses to volcanic gas pollution / John Grattan, Mark Brayshay and Ruud T. E. Schüttenhelm; Recurring tremors : the continuing impact of the AD 79 eruption of Mt Vesuvius / Penelope M. Allison; Volcanism and early Maori society in New Zealand / D. J. Lowe, R. M. Newnham and J. D. McCraw; Under the volcano : Ni-Vanuatu and their environment / Jean-Christophe Galipaud; Earthquakes, subsidence, prehistoric site attrition and the archaeological record : a view from the Setlement Point site, Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska / Patrick Saltonstall and Gary A. Carver; Natural disasters and cultural change in the Shumagin Islands / Lucille Lewis Johnson; Horsemen of the Apocalypse : the relationship between severe environmental perturbations and culture change on the north coast of Peru / Kimberly D. Kornbacher; Climatic change, flooding and occupational hiatus in the lake-dwelling central European bronze age / Francesco Menotti; Towards an archaeology of crisis : defining the long-term impact of the bronze age Santorini eruption / Jan Driessen; Volcanoes and history : a significant relationship? : the case of Santorini / Sturt W. Manning and David A. Sewell; What makes a disaster? : a long-term view of volcanic eruptions and human responses in Papua New Guinea / Robin Torrence; The impact of the Kikai-Akahoya explosive eruptions on human societies / Hiroshi Machida and Shinji Sugiyama; Volcanic disasters and archaeological sites in southern Kyushu, Japan / Satoru Shimoyama.

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