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Inhaltsangabe: '; “...Resilience at the Edge: Strategies of Small-Scale Societies for Long-Term Sustainable Living in Dryland Environments -- Introduction -- Basin Wetlands -- Linear Valleys -- Conclusions -- References -- Beyond Boom and Bust: Climate in the History of Medieval Steppe Empires (C. 550-1350 CE) -- Case Studies -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Lessons for Modern Environmental and Climate Policy from Iron Age South Central Africa -- Introduction -- Background -- An Introduction to Historical Linguistics -- Forgotten Strategies for Future Policy -- References -- Crisis and Recovery -- Systemic Risk and Resilience: The Bronze Age Collapse and Recovery -- Introduction -- Systemic Resilience and Risk in Societies -- Resilience -- Systemic Risk -- The Bronze Age -- System Interconnectivity: Economic, Political and Cultural -- Shocks and Interconnections -- Mapping the Systems Collapse -- Bronze Age Recovery -- Conclusions: Parallels to the Modern Globalised World System -- References -- Panarchy and the Adaptive Cycle: A Case Study from Mycenaean Greece -- Introduction -- Brief Overview of the Bronze Age Collapse -- Resilience/Adaptive Cycle/Panarchy -- The Aegean Region as an Example of Panarchic Collapse -- Discussion/Conclusions -- References -- Managing the Roman Empire for the Long Term: Risk Assessment and Management Policy in the Fifth to Seventh Centuries -- The Late Roman Empire: An Administrative Approach -- Landscape and Climatic Change in the Late Roman Empire: An Environmental Approach -- The Late Roman Empire in the East: A Systems Approach -- Conclusion -- References -- Success and Failure in the Norse North Atlantic: Origins, Pathway Divergence, Extinction and Survival -- Introduction -- The Archaeological Science-Policy Interface -- Problems of Collapse Discourse -- How Are Archaeological Data Useful Now? ...”
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Inhaltsangabe: '; “..."Foreword" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "Contents" -- "List of Tables" -- "List of Figures" -- "Abbreviations" -- "Chapter 1: Introduction to the Central European Magdalenian: Area, Corpus, and Major Questions" -- "The Term “Central Europe” in This Study" -- " The Sites Assigned to the Central European Magdalenian" -- " Purpose and Conduct of the Investigation" -- "Part I: Methodological and Theoretical Framework" -- "Chapter 2: Collecting Data for Large-Scale, Literature-Based Studies" -- "Background Data" -- "Data on Site History and Documentation" -- " Geographical Data" -- "Spatial Data" -- "Mapping on the Plane" -- "Objective Determination of the Study Area and the Edge Effect" -- "One-to-One-Correspondence Between Objects and Events" -- "Precise Indication of the Location of Events" -- "Representative Enumeration or Census of the Objects of Interest" -- " Landscape-Related Data" -- " Radiocarbon Data" -- " Environmental Data" -- "Climate" -- " Vegetation" -- " Fauna" -- " Cultural Data" -- "Mobility Patterns" -- "Lithic Raw Material" -- " Mollusk Shells and Amber" -- " Tool Types" -- "Definition of Magdalenian Tool Types" -- "End Scrapers" -- "Burins" -- "Borers" -- "Zinken" -- "Backed Bladelets" -- "Backed Points" -- "Shouldered Points" -- "Pointed Blades" -- "Laterally Retouched Pieces" -- "Truncated Pieces" -- "Notched and Denticulated Pieces" -- "Splintered Pieces" -- "Magdalenian Triangles" -- "Organic Points" -- "Bâtons Percés (Perforated Batons)" -- "Needles" -- "Baguettes Demi-Rondes (Half-Round Rods)" -- "Magdalenian Barbed Points" -- "Navettes" -- " Blade Technology" -- "Recording of Technological Information" -- "Blanks" -- "Blank Dimensions and Preservation" -- "Cortex Cover" -- "Striking-Platform Remnant (SPR) Kind" -- "Striking-Platform Remnant (SPR) Form"....”
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Inhaltsangabe: '; “...Seeds and Fruits -- Wood Charcoal -- Phytoliths and Calcitic Microfossils -- Discussion -- Exploring Vegetation Dynamics -- Evidence of Food Plants -- Indirect Evidence of Basketry -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Archaeology and Palaeoecology: Integrated Methods -- The Translocation of Useful Trees in African Prehistory -- Abstract -- Introduction: The 'Domesticated' Rainforest -- The Principles of Translocation -- Overview of Translocated Species -- General -- Translocated Trees in Semi-arid Regions -- Tree Translocation in the Modern Era -- Open Niches and Continuing Transformation -- The Example of the Wild Date-Palm, Phoenix reclinata (Arecaceae) -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Middle Holocene Environmental Change at Mtwapa Creek, Kenya: Distinguishing Human Activity from Regional Ecological Processes -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Local Environment and Sedimentary Context -- Pre-Swahili Archaeological Research -- Methods -- Results -- Radiocarbon Dates -- Pollen -- Fungi -- Discussion -- Zone 1: c. 7500-6300 cal yr BP -- Zone 2: c. 6200-4000 BP -- Middle Holocene Landscape Use in the Coastal Hinter -- Conclusion -- References -- Multiscalar Perspectives on Holocene Climatic and Environmental Changes in the Sahara and Nile Corridor, with Special Consideration of Archaeological Sites on Sai Island, Sudan -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Environmental Setting: Modern Climate, Vegetation, and Land Use -- Modern Vegetation of the Sahara and Sahel -- The Nile and Its Exceptional Environments -- Paleoclimate and Paleovegetation -- Regional Context: Environmental Changes Across the Sahara -- The Eastern Sahara -- The Nile Corridor -- Implications for Human Behavior and Resource Access Issues -- Holocene Plant Use Along the Nile -- Plant Use Along the Nile During Peak Moisture Delivery....”
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