Edited by
David Anderson, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
Kirk Maasch, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
Daniel Sandweiss, University of Maine, Orono, USA
Description
The Middle Holocene epoch (8,000 to 3,000 years ago) was a time of dramatic changes in the physical world and in human cultures. Across
this span, climatic conditions changed rapidly, with cooling in the high to mid-latitudes and drying in the tropics. In many parts of
the world, human groups became more complex, with early horticultural systems replaced by intensive agriculture and small-scale societies
being replaced by larger, more hierarchial organizations.
Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics explores the cause and
effect relationship between climatic change and cultural transformations across the mid-Holocene (c. 4000 B.C.).
Audience:
Researchers and advanced undergraduate and graduate students in earth sciences, paleoclimatology, anthropology, and related disciplines.
