Challenging climate change Competition and cooperation among pastoralists and agriculturalists in northern Mesopotamia (c. 3000-1600 BC)

• Autor principal: Wossink, Arne (auth)
• Formato: Recurso Electrónico Capítulo de Livro
• Idioma: inglês
• Publicado em: Leiden Sidestone Press 2009
• Assuntos: Middle & Near Eastern archaeology; Near Eastern archaeology; Mesopotamia; palaeoclimate; climatic fluctuations; climate change; pastoralist communities; sedentary communities
• Acesso em linha: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Throughout history, climate change has been an important driving force behind human behaviour. This archaeological study seeks to understand the complex interrelations between that behaviour and climatic fluctuations, focussing on how climate affected the social relations between neighbouring commun...