Description
Book SynopsisThe two volumes bring together the contributions of the members of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (UISPP), to a project launched in 2017, with the support of the International Academic Union (UAI), under the title
Human societies facing climate change in prehistory and protohistory : from the origins of Humanity to the beginning of historical times.
The second volume concerns protohistory, from the beginning of the Holocene to historical times. In what climate and at what latitudes have the innovations represented by farming and animal husbandry succeeded in sustaining themselves? How did agro-pastoral societies adapt to the progression of Holocene aridity after the exceptional wet period at its beginning? Is nomadic pastoralism a specialization of an agro-pastoral society in the context of increasing aridity and/or an adaptation of animal domestication to steppe and semi-desert areas? How have agro-pastoral societies adapted to multi-century periods of climate change such as those known from protohistoric and historical periods (the crises of 8200 BP, 4200 BP, 1200 BC and 800 BC; the Roman climate optimum; the crisis of the Later Roman Empire and barbarian invasions; the medieval climate optimum; the Little Ice Age)? And how did they survive episodes of adverse weather lasting several years that caused scarcity and famine?
Table of ContentsPréface ;
Introduction au deuxième volume : Homme et Climat –
François Djindjian ;
Extinctions animales et changements climatiques au quaternaire –
François Djindjian ;
The last prehistoric hunters in Europe –
Stefan Karol Kozłowski ;
Challenges in evaluating the role of the environment in neolithization processes. The case of South-East Europe –
Marek Nowak ;
Hiatus et recompoitions culturelles dans le neolithique mediterraneen: le climat en cause?
– Jean Guilaine ;
Cultural adaptations in Libya From Upper Pleistocene to early holocene – Chronology and Stratigraphy from littoral to desert –
Barbara E. Barich ;
Le rôle du Sahara dans l’évolution humaine en périodes humides, lorsqu’il n’était pas un désert –
Miguel Caparros ;
Le Tilemsi et ses abords de la préhistoire à nos jours –
Christian Dupuy ;
Troupeaux Holocène au Sahara –
Barbara E. Barich ;
L’évènement climatique 4.2 ka BP et la transition du Néolithique à l’âge du Bronze dans le Sud-est de la France dans son context euro-méditerranéen –
Olivier Lemercier ;
Climat et sociétés à l’âge du Bronze en Europe occidentale –
Cyril Marcigny ;
Climat et société à l’âge du Fer –
Olivier Buchsenschutz ;
Discussion et conclusions sur les sociétés humaines face aux changements climatiques des premiers 9000 ans de l’Holocène –
François Djindjian
