Introduction Climate and Culture Change in Archaeology

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xix
5. Climate and Culture Change in Archaeology 1
6. Near East
7. The Oasis of Palmyra in Prehistory 13
8. When the Going Gets Tough 37
9. The 8.2 Event in Upper Mesopotamia 67
10. The Aftermath of the 8.2 Event 95
11. Managing Risk through Diversification in Plant Exploitation during the Seventh Millennium B.C. 117
12. The 8.2 Event and the Neolithic Expansion in Western Anatolia 135
13. Europe
14. “Singing in the Rain” 153
15. Early Holocene Climatic Fluctuations and Human Responses in Greece 169
16. Rapid Climate Change and Radiocarbon Discontinuities in the Mesolithic–Early Neolithic Settlement Record of the Iron Gates 195
17. Climate Fluctuations, Human Migrations, and the Spread of Farming in Western Eurasia 211
18. Economic and Social Changes and Climate between 3200 and 2500 B.C. 237
19. Climate and the Definition of Archaeological Periods in Sweden 257
20. Commentary
21. Epilogue to a Prologue 279
22. Contributors 293
23. Index 295