Coastal and Island Archaeoogy (Other Keyword)
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Hurricanes as Agents of Cultural Change: Integrating Paleotempestology and the Archaeological Record (2018)
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Hurricanes are major climatological events with significant impacts in tropical and extra-tropical regions worldwide. Despite this, little research has been undertaken on the effects of hurricanes and other intense storms on prehistoric societies. New evidence from the field of paleotempestology—the study of past hurricane activity using geological proxy techniques, such as lagoon sediments and speleothems—is shedding light on how hurricanes varied over the Holocene in terms of frequency,...