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CONTENTS:-
Introduction Discovery of Riverine Civilizations in Monsoon Asia;
Part-I:- Asian Monsoon Variability and Human Adaptations;
1. Late Glacial and Holocene Vegetation Changes Recorded in the Pollen Data from the Hanggai Mountains, Central Mongolia;
2. A 78,000 Year Record of Climatic Changes from the South China Coast: the Huguang Maar Lake (Huguangyan);
3. Maar and Crater Lakes of the Longwan Volcanic Field (Northeast China) and their Potential for Palaeoclimatic Studies;
4. Radiocarbon Dating of an Ancient Bridge neat Xianyang, Shaangxi Province, China, and Implications for Palaeoclimate Studies;
Part-II:- Indian Monsson Variability and Human Adaptations;
5. Palaeomonsoons and Palaeoclimatic Background to the Prehistoric Cultures of the Western and Central Thar Desert, Rajasthan, Northwestern India;
6. Human Occupation and Environmental Changes since the last 130,000 Years in Mainland Gujarat, Western India;
7. Holocene Adaptations of the mesolithic and Chalocolithic Settlements in North Gujarat;
8. Monsson Environment and the Indian Ocean Interaction Sphere in Antiquity: 3000 BC-300 AD;
9. Influence of Drainage Patterns on Historic Culturers of Rajasthan;
10. Adaptive Resonses to a deficient Monsson in Gujarat, Western India: Changing Pattern in Organization of Labour and Settlement Rearrangement;
11. Climatic Fluctuations: A Plea of Concerned Efforts in the Mid-Ganga Valley through ALDP;
12. A Model for Monsson-based Prothistoric Subsistence Economy in the Semi-arid Region of South India;
13. The Nile Floods and Indian Monsoon;
Part-III: Holocene Climate History and the Harappan Civilization;
14. Influence of Monsson in the Regional Diversity of Harappa Culture in Gujarat;
15. Effects of Ocean/Atmosphere on Climate and the ARabian Sea Environment for Harappan Seafaring;
16. Monsson Behaviour and the Late Harappan Subsistence Pattern in Gujarat, Western India;
17. Solar Forcing of Climate Change and a Monsoon-related Cultural Shift in Western India around 800 cal.yrs.BC;
Part-IV: Monsoon and Civilizations;
18. Rains, Mother Earth and the Bull;
19. Vassavasa: A Precursor to Complex Buddhism;
20. Monsoon and Civilization: with special reference to Kanheri;
21. Monsoon and Religions;
22. From Harmony to Discored to Harmony? Mankinds Approach to Natural Environment;
23. The Rise and Fall of Peruvian and Cental American Civilizations: Interconnection with Holocene Climatic Change: A Necessary Complex Model;
24. Droughts and Fossils: A hypothetical Perspective;
25. Human Response to Holocence Climate Changes: A Case Study of Western India between 5th and 3rd Millennia BC. |
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| The present volume has contributions from internationally acclaimed specialists primarily on global climate changes, with special reference to the monsoon during the Pleistocene and Holocene and human responses. This volume includes for the first time results of interdisciplinary and integrated research carried out by environmental scientists, archaeologists, geologists, palaeontologists, historians, social scientists, etc., in recent times. The wide range of topics covered include methods of analysing data for reconstructing past climatic sequences, various theoretical issues related to climate and human responses, climatic history of the globe and human responses to the climatic changes. In addition, other fascinating topics covered included the monsoon's effect on religious, social and economic history. Monsoon and Civilization is thus useful for students and progessionals alike as it deals with the fundamental issue of how environment and climate change has affected mankind in the past, and thus may act as a guide to the future. |
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