The Maya and Climate Change | Buch

Cover: 9780197652923 | The Maya and Climate Change | Kenneth E. Seligson | Buch | Gebunden

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The Classic Maya civilization, which thrived between 200-950 CE in eastern Mesoamerica, faced many environmental challenges, including those wrought by climate change. The ability of Maya communities to adapt their resource conservation practices played a crucial role in allowing them to survive for as long as they did. Researchers today understand that the breakdown of Classic Maya society was the result of many long-term processes. Yet the story that continues to grip the public imagination is that the Maya civilization mysteriously "collapsed". The Maya and Climate Change draws on archaeological, environmental, and historical datasets to provide a comprehensive, yet accessible, overview of Classic Maya human-environment relationships, including how communities addressed the challenges of climatic and demographic changes. It works to shift the focus from the Classic Maya "collapse" to the multiple examples of adaptive flexibility that allowed Pre-Colonial Maya communities to thrive in a challenging natural environment for over seven centuries.

Although the Classic Maya civilization did not leave behind much in the way of secret environmental knowledge for us to rediscover, one of the critical lessons that can be learned from studying the Classic Maya is the importance of socio-ecological adaptability--the ability and willingness to change cultural practices to address long-term challenges.

Über den Autor

Kenneth E. Seligson is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at California State University, Dominguez Hills.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Shifting the Focus

Chapter 2: From Camera Lucida to Lidar: A Brief History of Maya Archaeology

Chapter 3: Forests

Chapter 4: Fields

Chapter 5: Water

Chapter 6: Stone

Chapter 7: Collapse and Resilience

Chapter 8: Looking Forward

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Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Buch
Reihe:	Interdisciplinary Approaches to Premodern Societies and Environments
Inhalt:	Gebunden
ISBN-13:	9780197652923
ISBN-10:	0197652921
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Seligson, Kenneth E.
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press Inc Interdisciplinary Approaches to Premodern Societies and Environments
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	241 x 161 x 22 mm
Von/Mit:	Kenneth E. Seligson
Erscheinungsdatum:	20.01.2023
Gewicht:	0,564 kg