Bioarchaeology and Climate Change A View from South Asian Prehistory |
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| Author:
| Robbins Schug, Gwen |
| Series title: | Bioarchaeological Interpretations of the Human Past: Local, Regional, and Global Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8130-5412-4 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2017 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Florida
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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In Indian archaeology, climate change and monsoon variability are often invoked to explain major transitions. During the late Holocene, agricultural communities flourished in a semiarid region of the Indian subcontinent, until they precipitously collapsed. Gwen Robbins Schug integrates the most recent paleoclimate reconstructions with an innovative analysis of skeletal remains to provide a new interpretation of the archaeological record of this period.
In Indian archaeology, climate change and monsoon variability are often invoked to explain major transitions. During the late Holocene, agricultural communities flourished in a semiarid region of the Indian subcontinent, until they precipitously collapsed. Gwen Robbins Schug integrates the most recent paleoclimate reconstructions with an innovative analysis of skeletal remains to provide a new interpretation of the archaeological record of this period.