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archaeology and human-environmental dynamics
xii, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
The 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.
Nature 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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.