Robert van de Noort

Climate Change Archaeology

Building Resilience from Research in the World's Coastal Wetlands

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Produktbeschreibung

This pioneering study provides the theoretical basis for archaeological data to be included in climate change debate. Applying an approach which uses archaeological research as a repository of ideas and concepts, it illustrates the pathways implemented in times of climate change in the past and how these can help prepare modern communities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780199699551
• ISBN-10: 0199699550
• Artikelnr.: 39108048

Autorenporträt

Robert Van de Noort is Pro-Vice-Chancellor Academic Planning and Resource, and Professor in Archaeology at the University of Reading

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* List of figures
* List of abbreviations
* Note to the reader
* 1: Introduction
* 2: Climate change archaeology: background, building blocks and
concepts
* 3: Past, present, and future climate change
* 4: How climate change will affect coastal wetlands and coastal
communities
* 5: The North Sea
* 6: The Sundarbans
* 7: Florida's coastal wetlands
* 8: The Iraqi marshlands
* 9: Conclusions
* Bibliography
* Index