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<p>Preface<br /> <i>Liviu Giosan, Dorian Q. Fuller, Kathleen Nicoll, Rowan K. Flad, and Peter D. Clift</i> vii</p> <p>Bridging a Disciplinary Gap<br /> <i>William F. Ruddiman</i> 1</p> <p><b>Section I: Americas</b></p> <p>Arguments and Evidence Against a Younger Dryas Impact Event<br /> <i>M. Boslough, K. Nicoll, V. Holliday, T. L. Daulton, D. Meltzer, N. Pinter, A. C. Scott, T. Surovell, P. Claeys, J. Gill, F. Paquay, J. Marlon, P. Bartlein, C. Whitlock, D. Grayson, and A. J. T. Jull</i> 13</p> <p>Environment and Agency in the Ancient Maya Collapse<br /> <i>James J. Aimers</i> 27</p> <p>Rainfall Variability and the Rise and Collapse of the Mississippian Chiefdoms: Evidence From a DeSoto Caverns Stalagmite<br /> <i>Paul Aharon, David Aldridge, and John Hellstrom</i> 35</p> <p>Building Resilience in Island Communities: A Paleotempestological Perspective<br /> <i>Jago Cooper</i> 43</p> <p>Recent Seasonal Variations in Arid Landscape Cover and Aeolian Sand Mobility, Navajo Nation, Southwestern United States<br /> <i>Amy E. Draut, Margaret Hiza Redsteer, and Lee Amoroso</i> 51</p> <p><b>Section II: Asia</b></p> <p>Utilization of Distal Tephra Records for Understanding Climatic and Environmental Consequences of the Youngest Toba Tuff<br /> <i>Emma Gatti and Clive Oppenheimer</i> 63</p> <p>An Abrupt Shift in the Indian Monsoon 4000 Years Ago<br /> <i>M. Berkelhammer, A. Sinha, L. Stott, H. Cheng, F. S. R. Pausata, and K. Yoshimura</i> 75</p> <p>Late Holocene Drought Pattern Over West Asia<br /> <i>Michael Staubwasser</i> 89</p> <p>Geomorphological Constraints on the Ghaggar River Regime During the Mature Harappan Period<br /> <i>Hideaki Maemoku, Yorinao Shitaoka, Tsuneto Nagatomo, and Hiroshi Yagi</i> 97</p> <p>A Simulation of the Neolithic Transition in the Indus Valley<br /> <i>Carsten Lemmen and Aurangzeb Khan</i> 107</p> <p>Mid-to-Late Holocene Agricultural System Transformations in the Northern Fertile Crescent: A Review of the Archaeobotanical, Geoarchaeological, and Philological Evidence<br /> <i>Simone Riehl, Konstantin Pustovoytov, Aron Dornauer, and Walther Sallaberger</i> 115</p> <p>Late Holocene Evolution of the Fuzhou Basin (Fujian, China) and the Spread of Rice Farming<br /> <i>Barry V. Rolett</i> 137</p> <p>Climate-Induced Changes in Population Dynamics of Siberian Scythians (700–250 B.C.)<br /> <i>Irina P. Panyushkina</i> 145</p> <p><b>Section III: Africa</b></p> <p>Geoarchaeological Perspectives on Holocene Climate Change as a Civilizing Factor in the Egyptian Sahara<br /> <i>Kathleen Nicoll</i> 157</p> <p>Heavy Rainfalls in a Desert(ed) City: A Climate-Archaeological Case Study From Sudan<br /> <i>Jonas Berking, Janina Körper, Sebastian Wagner, Ulrich Cubasch, and Brigitta Schütt</i> 163</p> <p><b>Section IV: Europe</b></p> <p>The Influence of Transgressive Paleogeography on the Development and Decline of Cardium Pottery Culture (Mediterranean Neolithic)<br /> <i>A. Amorosi and A. Morelli</i> 171</p> <p>A Dynamic Human Socioecology of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Ulster<br /> <i>Tina Thurston and Gill Plunkett</i> 177</p> <p><b>Section V: New Approaches and Discussions</b></p> <p>Influences of Active Tectonism on Human Development: A Review and Neolithic Example<br /> <i>Eric R. Force and Bruce G. McFadgen</i> 195</p> <p>Irragric Anthrosols—Artifacts of Human Adaptation to Arid Conditions: Examples From the High Himalaya and the Coastal Desert of Peru<br /> <i>J. Baade</i> 203</p> <p>Hunter-Gatherers, Agriculturalists, and Climate: Insights From a Cross-Disciplinary Review<br /> <i>Daniel M. Cadzow</i> 209</p> <p>AGU Category Index 217</p> <p>Index 219</p>

<p>Liviu Giosan is a Romanian and American marine geologist studying the interactions between climate, landscapes and humans. Dorian Q. Fuller is the editor of Climates, Landscapes, and Civilizations, published by Wiley.

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