Civilizing Climate: Social Responses to Climate Change in the Ancient Near East - Paperback

by Arlene Miller Rosen (Author)

In this fascinating in-depth study, Arlene Rosen highlights the unique and varied ways that different societies respond to their changing environments, going against the commonly held notion of simple climatic determinism. Social responses to climate change are the result of human perceptions of nature and their environment. From the Terminal Pleistocene through to the Late Holocene, Rosen describes various communities' responses to climate change, further exploring the intriguing connections between climate and society. A must-read for archaeologists, geographers, students, and historians!

Author Biography

Arlene Miller Rosen is a professor at the Institute for Archaeology at the University College London.