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3 juin 2021
- handle: 10670/1.6c2zgc
- isbn: 9782875585264
- eisbn: 9782390610410
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Felix Riede et al., « 2. From Crisis to Collapse in Hunter-Gatherer Societies », Presses universitaires de Louvain, ID : 10670/1.6c2zgc
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Although we generally think of social collapse in terms of ‘civilisations ’ - i.e. settled if not urban societies, we can see here that the fundamentals of crisis & collapse are relevant also with hunter gatherer groups. This chapter places the impact of three large volcanic events - the Aniakchak eruption (- 1645 BC) in Alaska, the Mazama eruption (—5630 BC) in western North America, and the Laacher See eruption (-11,000 BC) in western Europe - on past hunter-gatherer societies in comparativ...