The Holocene: An Environmental History
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Book Description
In its first edition, The Holocene provided undergraduates with a much-needed coherent scientific account of the great transformation of nature that had taken place during the Holocene, the last 10,000 years in the history of the planet and the period in which we are all now living. This period has included major shifts in climate and human culture, and in the natural environment at every level. Completely revised and updated to take full account of the most recent advances, the new edition of this established text includes substantial material on scientific progress in the understanding of climate change and abrupt climatic events, of disturbance effects on the landscape, and of ice core records. Not only have improved dating methods, such as luminescence, been included but the timescale for the book has been moved to calendar (i.e. real) years. Coverage and supporting case study material have also been broadened and extended.
About the Author
Neil Roberts is Professor at the University of Plymouth. His main research interests are in Holocene environmental change, especially the lake sediment record of climate and human impact in low latitude regions such as East Africa and the Mediterranean. His previous books include The Changing Global Environment (Blackwell Publishers, 1994) and Ecological Relations in Historical Times (with Robin Butlin, Blackwell Publishers, 1995).
The Holocene: An Environmental History,Neil Roberts,Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated,0631186387,Animals,Archaeology,Environmental Science,Environmental Studies,Environmental archaeology,History,Holocene,Human ecology,Nature,Nature/Ecology,Paleoecology,Climatology,Geology & the lithosphere,Palaeontology,Social Science / Archaeology
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