Going Forward by Looking Back: Archaeological Perspectives on Socio-Ecological Crisis, Response, and Collapse

By Felix Riede

Book Overview

Catastrophes are on the rise due to climate change, as is their toll in terms of lives and livelihoods as world populations rise and people locate into hazardous places. This book catalogues a wide and diverse range of case studies of such disasters and human responses. This heritage of past disasters serves as inspiration for building culturally sensitive adaptions to present and future calamities, to mitigate their impacts, and facilitate recoveries.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800739281
• ISBN13: 9781800739284
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"