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The power of nature: archaeology and human-environmental dynamics

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Monica L., editor
dc.contributor.authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-30T16:54:56Z
dc.date.available2023-03-30T16:54:56Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe Power of Nature address the force and impact of nature relative to human knowledge, action, and volition. Complex case studies address the ways in which nature retains the upper hand in human agentive environmental discourse, providing a new discussion of the role of human effects on the environment.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsNature as agent: mass-event, incremental, and biotic perspectives / Monica L. Smith -- Hurricanes as agents of cultural change: integrating paleotempestology and the archaeological record / Matthew C. Peros, Jago Cooper, and François Oliva -- Navigating the scarcity and abundance of monsoonal rainfall in South Asia / Kanika Kalra -- Earthquakes and agency in the Roman Mediterranean: resilience and transformation / Jordan Pickett -- Fire as an agentive force, from forest to hearth to forest again / Monica L. Smith -- Pathogens with power: how diseases navigate human societies / Sara L. Juengst, Emilie Cobb, Dale L. Hutchinson, Karen Mohr Chávez, Sergio Chávez, and Stanislava Chávez -- Vegetative agency and social memory in the houselots of the Ancient Maya / Harper Dine, Traci Ardren, and Chelsea Fisher -- Bird behavior and biology: the agentive role of birds in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico / Katelyn J. Bishop -- Rats, bats, and birds: the role of non-human ecosystem engineers in Pre-European Polynesian agriculture / Seth Quintus, Jennifer Huebert, Jillian A. Swift, and Kyungsoo Yoo -- Animal agents in the human environment / Steven Ammerman -- Reindeer as a toggle: animal agency in domestication / Silvia Tomášková -- The end of the world (again) / John Robb.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/236381
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only.
dc.subjectEnvironmental archaeology -- Case studies
dc.subjectHuman beings -- Effect of environment on
dc.subjectHuman beings -- Effect of climate on
dc.subjectNatural disasters -- Social aspects
dc.subjectClimatic changes -- Social aspects
dc.subjectEpidemics -- Social aspects
dc.subjectNature -- Effect of human beings on
dc.titleThe power of nature: archaeology and human-environmental dynamics
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