| Winds of Change: Environment and Society in Anatolia Contributor(s): Roosevelt, Christopher H. (Editor), Haldon, John (Editor) |
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ISBN: 6057685709 ISBN-13: 9786057685704 Publisher: Koc University Press OUR PRICE: $59.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2022 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - Art | Annuals - Technology & Engineering | Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems |
| Physical Information: 300 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Understanding the varied and dynamic interactions between environment and society in Anatolia. In recent decades, the influences of environmental and climatic conditions on past human societies have attracted significant attention from both the scientific community and the general public. Anatolia's location at the conjunction of Asia, Europe, and Africa and at the intersection of three climatic systems makes it well suited for the study of such effects. In particular, Anatolia challenges many assumptions about how climatic factors affect the socio-political organization and historical evolution, highlighting the importance of close collaboration between archaeologists, historians, and climate scientists. Integrating high-resolution archaeological, textual, and environmental data with longer-term, low-resolution data on past climates, this volume of essays, drawn from the fifteenth International ANAMED Annual Symposium (IAAS) at Ko University's Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, showcases recent evidence for periods of climate change and human responses to it, exploring the causes underlying societal change across several millennia. |