Publication Date:
2001-04-17
Description:
Modern complex societies exhibit marked resilience to interannual-to- decadal droughts, but cultural responses to multidecadal-to-multicentury droughts can only be addressed by integrating detailed archaeological and paleoclimatic records. Four case studies drawn from New and Old World civilizations document societal responses to prolonged drought, including population dislocations, urban abandonment, and state collapse. Further study of past cultural adaptations to persistent climate change may provide valuable perspective on possible responses of modern societies to future climate change.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉deMenocal, P B -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2001 Apr 27;292(5517):667-73. Epub 2001 Apr 12.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, USA. peter@ldeo.columbia.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11303088" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Agriculture
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*Archaeology
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*Climate
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*Culture
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*Disasters
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Humans
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Population Dynamics
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Rural Population
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Time
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Urban Population
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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