{"product_id":"9780080554556","title":"Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics: A Global Perspective on Mid-Holocene Transitions","description":"The Middle Holocene epoch (8,000 to 3,000 years ago) was a time of dramatic changes in the physical world and in human cultures. Across this span, climatic conditions changed rapidly, with cooling in the high to mid-latitudes and drying in the tropics. In many parts of the world, human groups became more complex, with early horticultural systems replaced by intensive agriculture and small-scale societies being replaced by larger, more hierarchial organizations. \u003ci\u003eClimate Change and Cultural Dynamics\u003c\/i\u003e explores the cause and effect relationship between climatic change and cultural transformations across the mid-Holocene (c. 4000 B.C.).\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplores the role of climatic change on the development of society around the world\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapters detail diverse geographical regions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCo-written by noted archaeologists and paleoclimatologists for non-specialists\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Elsevier Science","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108167041264,"sku":"9780080554556","price":93.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780080554556_p0.jpg?v=1763637725","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780080554556","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}