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Surviving sudden environmental change : understanding hazards, mitigating impacts, avoiding
disasters / editors, Jago Cooper and Payson Sheets; authors, David A. Abbott ... [et al.].
      p. cm.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  ISBN 978-1-60732-167-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-60732-168-2 (ebook) 1.
Environmental archaeology—Case studies. 2. Social archaeology—Case studies. 3. Natural
disasters—Social aspects—History—To 1500. 4. Climatic changes—Social aspects—History—
To 1500. 5. Human ecology—History—To 1500. 6. Human beings—Effect of climate on—
History—To 1500. 7. Social evolution—History—To 1500. 8. Social change—History—To
1500. I. Cooper, Jago. II. Sheets, Payson D. III. Abbott, David A.
CC81.S87 2012
930.1—dc23
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