Natural Disasters and Cultural Change

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ISBN: 9780415216968 | 0415216966
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 8/23/2002

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Natural Disastersexplores the role played by catastrophic natural events in generating cultural change. Revisiting famous catastrophes, such as the eruption of Vesuvius, while examining less well-known natural disasters, these studies demonstrate that diverse human cultures had well-developed strategies which facilitated their response to extreme natural events.

List of figures

vii

List of tables

List of contributors

xii

Series editors' foreword

xiv

Preface

The archaeology of disasters: past and future trends

(18)

Robin Torrence

John Grattan

Basic characteristics of disasters

(9)

Satoru Shimoyama

Tsunamis and the coastal communities of Papua New Guinea

(15)

Hugh Davies

Bacolor town and Pinatubo volcano, Philippines: coping with recurrent lahar disaster

(23)

K.S. Crittenden

K.S. Rodolfo

Maritime archaeology and behaviour during crisis: the wreck of the VOC ship Batavia (1629)

(21)

Martin Gibbs

`The end is nigh'? Social and environmental responses to volcanic gas pollution

(20)

John Grattan

Mark Brayshay

Ruud T.E. Schuttenhelm

Recurring tremors: the continuing impact of the AD 79 eruption of Mt Vesuvius

107

(19)

Penelope M. Allison

Volcanism and early Maori society in New Zealand

126

(36)

D.J. Lowe

R.M. Newnham

J.D. McCraw

Under the volcano: Ni-Vanuatu and their environment

162

(10)

Jean-Christophe Galipaud

Earthquakes, subsidence, prehistoric site attrition and the archaeohyical record: a view from the Settlement Point site, Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska

172

(21)

Patrick Saltonstall

Gary A. Carver

Natural disasters and cultural change in the Shumagin Islands

193

(11)

Lucille Lewis Johnson

Horsemen of the Apocalypse: the relationship between severe environmental perturbations and culture change on the north coast of Peru

204

(31)

Kimberly D. Kornbacher

Climatic change, flooding and occupational hiatus in the lake-dwelling central European Bronze Age

235

(15)

Francesco Menotti

Towards an archaeology of crisis: defining the long-term impact of the Bronze Age Santorini eruption

250

(14)

Jan Driessen

Volcanoes and History: a significant relationship? The case of Santorini

264

(28)

Sturt W. Manning

David A. Sewell

What makes a disaster? A long-term view of volcanic eruptions and human responses in Papua New Guinea

292

(21)

Robin Torrence

The impact of the Kikai-Akahoya explosive eruptions on human societies

313

(13)

Hiroshi Machida

Shinji Sugiyama

Volcanic disasters and archaeological sites in Southern Kyushu, Japan

326

(17)

Satoru Shimoyama

Index

343

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