Socio-Environmental Dynamics along the Historical Silk Road

This open access book discusses socio-environmental interactions in the middle to late Holocene, covering specific areas along the ancient Silk Road regions. Over twenty chapters provide insight into this topic from various disciplinary angles and perspectives, ranging from archaeology, paleoclimato...

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Other Authors: Yang, Liang Emlyn (Editor), Bork, Hans-Rudolf (Editor), Fang, Xiuqi (Editor), Mischke, Steffen (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2019, 2019
Edition:1st ed. 2019
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword 1
  • Foreword 2
  • Foreword 3
  • Acknowledgement
  • Part I. Introduction
  • Part II. Landscape evolutions in the human-environment system
  • Part III. Natural disasters and impacts on the past societies
  • Part IV. Climatic factors in the transitions of social systems
  • Part V. Social adaptation and resilience to environmental stresses
  • Part VI. Social-culture in connection with the environment