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ISBN: 978-1-64642-351-4 (hardcover)

ISBN: 978-1-64642-352-1 (ebook)

https://doi.org/10.5876/9781646423521

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Smith, Monica L., 1964– editor.

Title: The power of nature : archaeology and human-environmental dynamics / edited by Monica L. Smith.

Description: Louisville : University Press of Colorado, [2022] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2022052924 (print) | LCCN 2022052925 (ebook) | ISBN 9781646423514 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781646423521 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Environmental archaeology—Case studies. | Human beings—Effect of environment on. | Human beings—Effect of climate on. | Natural disasters—Social aspects. | Climatic changes—Social aspects. | Epidemics—Social aspects. | Nature—Effect of human beings on.

Classification: LCC CC81 .P69 2022 (print) | LCC CC81 (ebook) | DDC 930.1028/6—dc23/eng/20221103

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022052924

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022052925

Cover photograph, “Forest fire in British Columbia,” © Shawn Talbot/Shutterstock.