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| beringia definition world history: Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait Bathsheba Demuth, 2019-08-20 Winner of the 2021 AHA John H. Dunning Prize Longlisted for the 2020 Cundill History Prize Named a Best Book of the Year by Nature, NPR, Library Journal, and Kirkus Reviews A monument to a people and their land… an allegory of the world we have created. —Sven Beckert, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Empire of Cotton: A Global History Floating Coast is the first-ever comprehensive history of Beringia, the Arctic land and waters stretching from Russia to Canada. The unforgiving territories along the Bering Strait had long been home to humans—the Inupiat and Yupik in Alaska, and the Yupik and Chukchi in Russia—before American and European colonization. Rapidly, these frigid lands and waters became the site of an ongoing experiment: How, under conditions of extreme scarcity, would modern ideologies of capitalism and communism control and manage the resources they craved? Drawing on her own experience living with and interviewing indigenous people in the region, Bathsheba Demuth presents a profound tale of the dynamic changes and unforeseen consequences that human ambition has brought (and will continue to bring) to a finite planet. |
| beringia definition world history: The Bering Land Bridge David Moody Hopkins, International Association for Quaternary Research, 1967 Data of geology, oceanography, paleontology, plant geography, and anthropology focus on problems and lessons of Beringia. Includes papers presented at Symposium held at VII Congress of International Association for Quaternary Research, Boulder, Colorado, 1965. |
| beringia definition world history: Human Ecology of Beringia John F. Hoffecker, Scott A. Elias, 2007 Twenty-five thousand years ago, sea level fell more than 400 feet below its present position as a consequence of the growth of immense ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere. A dry plain stretching 1,000 miles from the Arctic Ocean to the Aleutians became exposed between northeast Asia and Alaska, and across that plain, most likely, walked the first people of the New World. This book describes what is known about these people and the now partly submerged land, named Beringia, which they settled during the final millennia of the Ice Age. Humans first occupied Beringia during a twilight period when rising sea levels had not yet caught up with warming climates. Although the land bridge between northeast Asia and Alaska was still present, warmer and wetter climates were rapidly transforming the Beringian steppe into shrub tundra. This volume synthesizes current research-some previously unpublished-on the archaeological sites and rapidly changing climates and biota of the period, suggesting that the absence of woody shrubs to help fire bone fuel may have been the barrier to earlier settlement, and that from the outset the Beringians developed a postglacial economy similar to that of later northern interior peoples. The book opens with a review of current research and the major problems and debates regarding the environment and archaeology of Beringia. It then describes Beringian environments and the controversies surrounding their interpretation; traces the evolving adaptations of early humans to the cold environments of northern Eurasia, which set the stage for the settlement of Beringia; and provides a detailed account of the archaeological record in three chapters, each of which is focused on a specific slice of time between 15,000 and 11,500 years ago. In conclusion, the authors present an interpretive summary of the human ecology of Beringia and discuss its relationship to the wider problem of the peopling of the New World. |
| beringia definition world history: The Eternal Frontier Tim Flannery, 2015-01-07 A comprehensive history of the continent, “full of engaging and attention-catching information about North America’s geology, climate, and paleontology” (The Washington Post Book World). Here, “the rock star of modern science” tells the unforgettable story of the geological and biological evolution of the North American continent, from the time of the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago to the present day (Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel). Flannery describes the development of North America’s deciduous forests and other flora, and tracks the migrations of various animals to and from Europe, Asia, and South America, showing how plant and animal species have either adapted or become extinct. The story spans the massive changes wrought by the ice ages and the coming of the Native Americans. It continues right up to the present, covering the deforestation of the Northeast, the decimation of the buffalo, and other consequences of frontier settlement and the industrial development of the United States. This is science writing at its very best—both an engrossing narrative and a scholarly trove of information that “will forever change your perspective on the North American continent” (The New York Review of Books). |
| beringia definition world history: Paleoecology of Beringia David M. Hopkins, John V. Matthews, Charles E. Schweger, 2013-09-17 Paleoecology of Beringia is the product of a symposium organized by its editors, sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, and held at the foundation's conference center in Burg Wartenstein, Austria, 8-17 June 1979. The focus of this volume is on the paradox central to all studies of the unglaciated Arctic during the last Ice Age: that vertebrate fossils indicate that from 45,000 to 11,000 years BP an environment considerably more diverse and productive than the present one existed, whereas the botanical record, where it is not silent, supports a far more conservative appraisal of the region's ability to sustain any but the sparsest forms of plant and animal life. The volume is organized into seven parts. Part 1 focuses on the paleogeography of the Beringia. The studies in Part 2 explore the ancient vegatation. Part 3 deals with the steppe-tundra concept and its application in Beringia. Part 4 examines the paleoclimate while Part 5 is devoted to the biology of surviving relatives of the Pleistocene ungulates. Part 6 takes up the presence of man in ancient Beringia. Part 7 assesses the paleoecology of Beringia during the last 40,000 years |
| beringia definition world history: From the Yenisei to the Yukon Ted Goebel, Ian Buvit, 2011-04-01 Who were the first people who came to the land bridge joining northeastern Asia to Alaska and the northwest of North America? Where did they come from? How did they organize technology, especially in the context of settlement behavior? During the Pleistocene era, the people now known as Beringians dispersed across the varied landscapes of late-glacial northeast Asia and northwest North America. The twenty chapters gathered in this volume explore, in addition to the questions posed above, how Beringians adapted in response to climate and environmental changes. They share a focus on the significance of the modern-human inhabitants of the region. By examining and analyzing lithic artifacts, geoarchaeological evidence, zooarchaeological data, and archaeological features, these studies offer important interpretations of the variability to be found in the early material culture the first Beringians. The scholars contributing to this work consider the region from Lake Baikal in the west to southern British Columbia in the east. Through a technological-organization approach, this volume permits investigation of the evolutionary process of adaptation as well as the historical processes of migration and cultural transmission. The result is a closer understanding of how humans adapted to the diverse and unique conditions of the late Pleistocene. |
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| beringia definition world history: World History Encyclopedia [21 volumes] Alfred J. Andrea Ph.D., 2011-03-23 An unprecedented undertaking by academics reflecting an extraordinary vision of world history, this landmark multivolume encyclopedia focuses on specific themes of human development across cultures era by era, providing the most in-depth, expansive presentation available of the development of humanity from a global perspective. Well-known and widely respected historians worked together to create and guide the project in order to offer the most up-to-date visions available. A monumental undertaking. A stunning academic achievement. ABC-CLIO's World History Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive work to take a large-scale thematic look at the human species worldwide. Comprised of 21 volumes covering 9 eras, an introductory volume, and an index, it charts the extraordinary journey of humankind, revealing crucial connections among civilizations in different regions through the ages. Within each era, the encyclopedia highlights pivotal interactions and exchanges among cultures within eight broad thematic categories: population and environment, society and culture, migration and travel, politics and statecraft, economics and trade, conflict and cooperation, thought and religion, science and technology. Aligned to national history standards and packed with images, primary resources, current citations, and extensive teaching and learning support, the World History Encyclopedia gives students, educators, researchers, and interested general readers a means of navigating the broad sweep of history unlike any ever published. |
| beringia definition world history: Entering America David B. Madsen, 2004-09-16 Provides up-to-date information on the nature of environmental and cultural conditions in northeast Asia and Beringia (the Bering land bridge) immediately prior to the Last Glacial Maximum. |
| beringia definition world history: Grassland Richard Manning, 1997-07-01 More than forty percent of our country was once open prairie, grassland that extended from Missouri to Montana. Taking a critical look at this little-understood biome, award-winning journalist Richard Manning urges the reclamation of this land, showing how the grass is not only our last connection to the natural world, but also a vital link to our own prehistoric roots, our history, and our culture. Framing his book with the story of the remarkable elk, whose mysterious wanderings seem to reclaim his ancestral plains, Manning traces the expansion of America into what was then viewed as the American desert and considers our attempts over the last two hundred years to control unpredictable land through plowing, grazing, and landscaping. He introduces botanists and biologists who are restoring native grasses, literally follows the first herd of buffalo restored to the wild prairie, and even visits Ted Turner's progressive--and controversial--Montana ranch. In an exploration of the grasslands that is both sweeping and intimate, Manning shows us how we can successfully inhabit this and all landscapes. |
| beringia definition world history: Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes , 2020-06-26 Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes is a unique, five volume reference that provides a global synthesis of biomes, including the latest science. All of the book's chapters follow a common thematic order that spans biodiversity importance, principal anthropogenic stressors and trends, changing climatic conditions, and conservation strategies for maintaining biomes in an increasingly human-dominated world. This work is a one-stop shop that gives users access to up-to-date, informative articles that go deeper in content than any currently available publication. Offers students and researchers a one-stop shop for information currently only available in scattered or non-technical sources Authored and edited by top scientists in the field Concisely written to guide the reader though the topic Includes meaningful illustrations and suggests further reading for those needing more specific information |
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| beringia definition world history: The Native Languages of South America Loretta O'Connor, Pieter Muysken, 2014-03-20 In South America indigenous languages are extremely diverse. There are over one hundred language families in this region alone. Contributors from around the world explore the history and structure of these languages, combining insights from archaeology and genetics with innovative linguistic analysis. The book aims to uncover regional patterns and potential deeper genealogical relations between the languages. Based on a large-scale database of features from sixty languages, the book analyses major language families such as Tupian and Arawakan, as well as the Quechua/Aymara complex in the Andes, the Isthmo-Colombian region and the Andean foothills. It explores the effects of historical change in different grammatical systems and fills gaps in the World Atlas of Language Structures (WALS) database, where South American languages are underrepresented. An important resource for students and researchers interested in linguistics, anthropology and language evolution. |
| beringia definition world history: The Oxford Handbook of the Prehistoric Arctic T. Max Friesen, Owen K. Mason, 2016 Despite its extreme climate, the North American Arctic holds a complex archaeological record of global significance. In this volume, leading researchers provide comprehensive coverage of the region's cultural history, addressing issues as diverse as climate change impacts on human societies, European colonial expansion, and hunter-gatherer adaptations and social organization. |
| beringia definition world history: America Before Graham Hancock, 2019-04-23 The Instant New York Times Bestseller! Was an advanced civilization lost to history in the global cataclysm that ended the last Ice Age? Graham Hancock, the internationally bestselling author, has made it his life's work to find out--and in America Before, he draws on the latest archaeological and DNA evidence to bring his quest to a stunning conclusion. We’ve been taught that North and South America were empty of humans until around 13,000 years ago – amongst the last great landmasses on earth to have been settled by our ancestors. But new discoveries have radically reshaped this long-established picture and we know now that the Americas were first peopled more than 130,000 years ago – many tens of thousands of years before human settlements became established elsewhere. Hancock's research takes us on a series of journeys and encounters with the scientists responsible for the recent extraordinary breakthroughs. In the process, from the Mississippi Valley to the Amazon rainforest, he reveals that ancient New World cultures share a legacy of advanced scientific knowledge and sophisticated spiritual beliefs with supposedly unconnected Old World cultures. Have archaeologists focused for too long only on the Old World in their search for the origins of civilization while failing to consider the revolutionary possibility that those origins might in fact be found in the New World? America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization is the culmination of everything that millions of readers have loved in Hancock's body of work over the past decades, namely a mind-dilating exploration of the mysteries of the past, amazing archaeological discoveries and profound implications for how we lead our lives today. |
| beringia definition world history: Elsevier's Dictionary of Geography Vladimir Kotlyakov, Anna Komarova, 2006-12-20 Geography is a system of highly developed sciences about the environment. Geographical science embracing the study of the Earth's physical phenomena, people and their economic activities has always been in need of an extensive terminology. Geographical terms are related to the terms of natural sciences (physics, chemistry, biology, geology, etc.) and humanities (history, economics, sociology, etc.) since geography is based on these fundamental subjects. Geography includes a number of disciplines and subdivisions which appeared along with the development of the science In spite of being very different geographical disciplines have some common tools of investigation which is maps, comparative method of exploration, remote sensing, geoinformation systems. Today very well developed terminologies of all the specialist fields of geography and related subjects exist in the main world languages. However, they are not always well-correlated. Nowadays geographical terminology requires unification and international correlation more than ever before. Hence the idea of compiling a multilingual polydisciplinary dictionary. The Dictionary consists of the basic table of terms arranged according to the order of the English alphabet with each term numbered. Each entry consists of the term in English and its equivalents in Russian, French, German, Spanish. Short definitions of terms are given in English and in Russian. The terms are supplied with the necessary grammar labels, such as gender of nouns, plural number, etc. The Dictionary combines two functions: that of a defining dictionary and that of a bilingual dictionary. These two functions are basically contradictory because usually the defining dictionary is aimed at giving one meaning of the word which is the main and essential one, while the bilingual dictionary tries to give different equivalents of a given word in the other language in order to supply the user with maximum possible translations, differing in the shades of meanings, thus giving him the possibility to choose the appropriate word. But in our Dictionary we intentionally decided to combine the two functions – defining and multilingual, because a short definition of the term and equivalents in other languages help to achieve our main aim which consists in showing the basic geographical terminology and harmonizing it in several languages. Having this into consideration we deliberately mixed two types of dictionaries in one. - Organized alphabetically via English - Provides short definition of geographical terms in English and Russian - Includes multilingual translation of terms from English to Russian, French, German, Spanish |
| beringia definition world history: The Very First Americans Cara Ashrose, 1993-09-15 Long before Columbus landed in America, hundreds of groups of people had already made their homes here. You may have heard of some of them—like the Sioux, Hopi, and Seminole. But where did they live? What did they eat? How did they have fun? And where are they today? From coast to coast, learn all about these very first Americans! |
| beringia definition world history: American Indian Holocaust and Survival Russell Thornton, 1987 Demographic overview of North American history describing in detail the holocaust that occurred to the Indians. |
| beringia definition world history: Human Colonization of the Arctic: The Interaction Between Early Migration and the Paleoenvironment V.M. Kotlyakov, A. A. Velichko, S. A. Vasil'ev, 2017-09-11 Human Colonization of the Arctic: The Interaction Between Early Migration and the Paleoenvironment explores the relationship between humans and the environment during this early time of colonization, utilizing analytical methods from both the social and natural sciences to develop a unique, interdisciplinary approach that gives the reader a much broader understanding of the interrelationship between humanity and the environment. As colonization of the polar region was intermittent and irregular, based on how early humans interacted with the land, this book provides a glance into how humans developed new ways to make the region more habitable. The book applies not only to the physical continents, but also the arctic waters. This is how humans succeeded in crossing the Bering Strait and water area between Canadian Arctic Islands. About 4500 years ago , humans reached the northern extremity of Greenland and were able to live through the months of polar nights by both adapting to, and making, changes in their environment. - Written by pioneering experts who understand the relationship between humans and the environment in the arctic - Addresses why the patterns of colonization were so irregular - Includes coverage of the earliest examples of humans, developing an understanding of ecosystem services for economic development in extreme climates - Covers both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems |
| beringia definition world history: Destination Anthropocene Amelia Moore, 2019-08-27 Destination Anthropocene documents the emergence of new travel imaginaries forged at the intersection of the natural sciences and the tourism industry in a Caribbean archipelago. Known to travelers as a paradise of sun, sand, and sea, The Bahamas is rebranding itself in response to the rising threat of global environmental change, including climate change. In her imaginative new book, Amelia Moore explores an experimental form of tourism developed in the name of sustainability, one that is slowly changing the way both tourists and Bahamians come to know themselves and relate to island worlds. |
| beringia definition world history: So Now You're a Zombie John Austin, 2010-10-01 All aspects of the zombie lifestyle are surveyed in this satirical take on an orientation manual for the newly undead. From how one became a zombie in the first place and the stages of zombification to survival mechanisms, this handbook offers specific advice on everything a fresh zombie needs to know about life expectancy, hunting techniques, hitching a ride, hand-to-mouth combat, and feeding etiquette. Instructions for extracting the living from boarded up farmhouses and broken down vehicles are included along with dozens of helpful diagrams outlining attack strategies such as the Ghoul Reach, the Flanking Zak, the Bite Hold, and the Aerial Fall for securing human prey and their all-important flesh and brains. |
| beringia definition world history: A Prehistory of the North John F. Hoffecker, 2005 Annotation Early humans did not drift north from Africa as their ability to cope with cooler climates evolved. Settlement of Europe and northern Asia occurred in relatively rapid bursts of expansion. This study tells the complex story, spanning almost two million years, of how humans inhabited some of the coldest places on earth. |
| beringia definition world history: American Environmental History Dan Allosso, 2017-12-14 An expanded, new and improved American Environmental History textbook for everyone! After years of teaching Environmental History at a major East Coast University without a textbook, Dr. Dan Allosso decided to take matters into his own hands. The result, American Environmental History, is a concise, comprehensive survey covering the material from Dan's undergraduate course. What do people say about the class and the text? This was my first semester and this course has created an incredible first impression. If all of the courses are this good, I am going to really enjoy my time here. The course has completely changed the way I look at the world. (Student in 2014 class) One of the few classes I'm really sad is ending, the subject matter is fascinating and Dan is a great guide to it. His approach should be required of all students as it teaches an appreciation for a newer and better way of living. (Student in 2014 class) Allosso's lectures are fantastic. The best I have ever had. So impressed. The material is always extremely interesting and well-presented. (Student in 2015 class) It is just a perfect course that I think should be mandatory if we want to save our planet and live responsibly. (Student in 2015 class) A rare gem for an IB ESS teacher or any social studies teacher looking for an 11th or 12th grade supplementary text that aims to provide an historical context for the environmental reality in America today. Highly recommended. (District Curriculum Coordinator, 2016) I was so impressed with this material that I am using it as a supplement for a course I teach at my college. (History and Environmental Studies Professor, 2017) Beginning in prehistory and concluding in the present, American Environmental History explores the ways the environment has affected the choices that became our history, and how our choices have affected the environment. The dynamic relationship between people and the world around them is missing from mainstream history. Putting the environment back into history helps us make sense of the past and the present, which will help guide us toward a better future. More information and Dan's blog are available at environmentalhistory.us |
| beringia definition world history: Kennewick Man Douglas W. Owsley, Richard L. Jantz, 2014-09-10 Almost from the day of its accidental discovery along the banks of the Columbia River in Washington State in July 1996, the ancient skeleton of Kennewick Man has garnered significant attention from scientific and Native American communities as well as public media outlets. This volume represents a collaboration among physical and forensic anthropologists, archaeologists, geologists, and geochemists, among others, and presents the results of the scientific study of this remarkable find. Scholars address a range of topics, from basic aspects of osteological analysis to advanced ?research focused on Kennewick Man’s origins and his relationships to other populations. Interdisciplinary studies, comprehensive data collection and preservation, and applications of technology are all critical to telling Kennewick Man’s story. Kennewick Man: The Scientific Investigation of an Ancient American Skeleton is written for a discerning professional audience, yet the absorbing story of the remains, their discovery, their curation history, and the extensive amount of detail that skilled scientists have been able to glean from them will appeal to interested and informed general readers. These bones lay silent for nearly nine thousand years, but now, with the aid of dedicated researchers, they can speak about the life of one of the earliest human occupants of North America. |
| beringia definition world history: Arctic Human Development Report Joan Nymand Larsen, Gail Fondahl, 2015-02-18 The goals of the second volume of the AHDR – Arctic Human Development Report: Regional Processes and Global Linkages – are to provide an update to the first AHDR (2004) in terms of an assessment of the state of Arctic human development; to highlight the major trends and changes unfolding related to the various issues and thematic areas of human development in the Arctic over the past decade; and, based on this assessment, to identify policy relevant conclusions and key gaps in knowledge, new and emerging Arctic success stories. The production of AHDR-II on the tenth anniversary of the first AHDR makes it possible to move beyond the baseline assessment to make valuable comparisons and contrasts across a decade of persistent and rapid change in the North. It addresses critical issues and emerging challenges in Arctic living conditions, quality of life in the North, global change impacts and adaptation, and Indigenous livelihoods. The assessment contributes to our understanding of the interplay and consequences of physical and social change processes affecting Arctic residents’ quality of life, at both the regional and global scales. It shows that the Arctic is not a homogenous region. Impacts of globalization and environmental change differ within and between regions, between Indigenous and non-Indigenous northerners, between genders and along other axes. |
| beringia definition world history: Experiencing World History Paul Vauthier Adams, 2000-08 The authors, Paul V. Adams, Lily Hwa, Erick D. Langer, Peter N. Stearns, and Merry Wiesner-Hanks, present a chronological framework of world history in terms of its impact on society in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and the Pacific. |
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| beringia definition world history: Arctic Ecology David N. Thomas, 2021-01-26 The Arctic is often portrayed as being isolated, but the reality is that the connectivity with the rest of the planet is huge, be it through weather patterns, global ocean circulation, and large-scale migration patterns to name but a few. There is a huge amount of public interest in the ‘changing Arctic’, especially in terms of the rapid changes taking place in ecosystems and exploitation of resources. There can be no doubt that the Arctic is at the forefront of the international environmental science agenda, both from a scientific aspect, and also from a policy/environmental management perspective. This book aims to stimulate a wide audience to think about the Arctic by highlighting the remarkable breadth of what it means to study its ecology. Arctic Ecology seeks to systematically introduce the diverse array of ecologies within the Arctic region. As the Arctic rapidly changes, understanding the fundamental ecology underpinning the Arctic is paramount to understanding the consequences of what such change will inevitably bring about. Arctic Ecology is designed to provide graduate students of environmental science, ecology and climate change with a source where Arctic ecology is addressed specifically, with issues due to climate change clearly discussed. It will also be of use to policy-makers, researchers and international agencies who are focusing on ecological issues and effects of global climate change in the Arctic. About the Editor David N. Thomas is Professor of Arctic Ecosystem Research in the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki. Previously he spent 24 years in the School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Wales. He studies marine systems, with a particular emphasis on sea ice and land-coast interactions in the Arctic and Southern Oceans as well as the Baltic Sea. He also edited a related book: Sea Ice, 3rd Edition (2017), which is also published by Wiley-Blackwell. |
| beringia definition world history: Mammals of the Eastern United States John O. Whitaker, William J. Hamilton, 2019-05-15 The authors have done a superb job of distilling a vast amount of information on the biology of the terrestrial mammals of the eastern United States in a style that will not only satisfy the expert's need for accurate data but will also appeal to students and others interested in natural history. —James N. Layne, Archbold Biological Station In their definitive work on eastern mammals, John O. Whitaker, Jr., and W. J. Hamilton, Jr., vividly convey their sheer delight at the variety and abundance of mammalian life. They have brought together a wealth of biological information and applied a biological subspecies concept to the mammals of the eastern United States. Their research extends from the high reaches of Mount Katahdin in northern Maine, where water shrews and moose hold company, to the unglaciated hills of southern Indiana, where pygmy shrews (each weighing less than a dime) lived undetected until 1981. From there, they reach to the cypress swamps of lower Florida, where the spoor of the mountain lion may be seen.*Describes the animals, their behavior, and dispersion in all 27 states east of the Mississippi River.*Almost entirely rewritten, this edition provides an abundance of scientific information in combination with anecdotes, field notes, and an underlying reverence for the fragile diversity of animal life. *Illustrations include 110 range maps, 167 black-and-white photographs, and 92 color images.*Covers 121 species, 17 more than in the previous edition. *Uses a biological subspecies concept, showing the results of evolution through differentiation. *Provides keys to orders and genera, anatomical line drawings. *Summarizes information on endangered and threatened species for each of the eastern states. *Lists state mammal books in the literature section. |
| beringia definition world history: Warlike and Peaceful Societies Agner Fog, 2017-10-13 Are humans violent or peaceful by nature? We are both. In this ambitious and wide-ranging book, Agner Fog presents a ground-breaking new argument that explains the existence of differently organised societies using evolutionary theory. It combines natural sciences and social sciences in a way that is rarely seen. According to a concept called regality theory, people show a preference for authoritarianism and strong leadership in times of war or collective danger, but desire egalitarian political systems in times of peace and safety. These individual impulses shape the way societies develop and organise themselves, and in this book Agner argues that there is an evolutionary mechanism behind this flexible psychology. Incorporating a wide range of ideas including evolutionary theory, game theory, and ecological theory, Agner analyses the conditions that make us either strident or docile. He tests this theory on data from contemporary and ancient societies, and provides a detailed explanation of the applications of regality theory to issues of war and peace, the rise and fall of empires, the mass media, economic instability, ecological crisis, and much more. Warlike and Peaceful Societies: The Interaction of Genes and Culture draws on many different fields of both the social sciences and the natural sciences. It will be of interest to academics and students in these fields, including anthropology, political science, history, conflict and peace research, social psychology, and more, as well as the natural sciences, including human biology, human evolution, and ecology. |
| beringia definition world history: History Alive! Bert Bower, 2001 |
| beringia definition world history: Guns, Germs and Steel Jared M. Diamond, 1998 This book answers the most obvious, the most important, yet the most difficult question about human history: why history unfolded so differently on different continents. Geography and biography, not race, moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans, Asians |
| beringia definition world history: First Peoples in a New World David J. Meltzer, 2009-05-27 More than 12,000 years ago, in one of the greatest triumphs of prehistory, humans colonized North America, a continent that was then truly a new world. Just when and how they did so has been one of the most perplexing and controversial questions in archaeology. This dazzling, cutting-edge synthesis, written for a wide audience by an archaeologist who has long been at the center of these debates, tells the scientific story of the first Americans: where they came from, when they arrived, and how they met the challenges of moving across the vast, unknown landscapes of Ice Age North America. David J. Meltzer pulls together the latest ideas from archaeology, geology, linguistics, skeletal biology, genetics, and other fields to trace the breakthroughs that have revolutionized our understanding in recent years. Among many other topics, he explores disputes over the hemisphere's oldest and most controversial sites and considers how the first Americans coped with changing global climates. He also confronts some radical claims: that the Americas were colonized from Europe or that a crashing comet obliterated the Pleistocene megafauna. Full of entertaining descriptions of on-site encounters, personalities, and controversies, this is a compelling behind-the-scenes account of how science is illuminating our past. |
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| beringia definition world history: After the Ice Age E.C. Pielou, 2008-04-15 The fascinating story of how a harsh terrain that resembled modern Antarctica has been transformed gradually into the forests, grasslands, and wetlands we know today. |
| beringia definition world history: U.S. History P. Scott Corbett, Volker Janssen, John M. Lund, Todd Pfannestiel, Sylvie Waskiewicz, Paul Vickery, 2024-09-10 U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender. |
| beringia definition world history: Seven Fallen Feathers Tanya Talaga, 2017-09-30 Winner, 2017 Shaughnessy Cohen Writers' Trust Prize for Political Writing Winner, 2017 RBC Taylor Prize Winner, 2017 First Nation Communities Read: Young Adult/Adult Winner, 2024 Blue Metropolis First Peoples Prize, for the whole of her work Finalist, 2017 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction The groundbreaking and multiple award-winning national bestseller work about systemic racism, education, the failure of the policing and justice systems, and Indigenous rights by Tanya Talaga. Over the span of eleven years, seven Indigenous high school students died in Thunder Bay, Ontario. They were hundreds of kilometres away from their families, forced to leave home because there was no adequate high school on their reserves. Five were found dead in the rivers surrounding Lake Superior, below a sacred Indigenous site. Using a sweeping narrative focusing on the lives of the students, award-winning author Tanya Talaga delves into the history of this northern city that has come to manifest Canada’s long struggle with human rights violations against Indigenous communities. |
| beringia definition world history: Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science , 2006-11-24 The quaternary sciences constitute a dynamic, multidisciplinary field of research that has been growing in scientific and societal importance in recent years. This branch of the Earth sciences links ancient prehistory to modern environments. Quaternary terrestrial sediments contain the fossil remains of existing species of flora and fauna, and their immediate predecessors. Quaternary science plays an integral part in such important issues for modern society as groundwater resources and contamination, sea level change, geologic hazards (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis), and soil erosion. With over 360 articles and 2,600 pages, many in full-color, the Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science provides broad ranging, up-to-date articles on all of the major topics in the field. Written by a team of leading experts and under the guidance of an international editorial board, the articles are at a level that allows undergraduate students to understand the material, while providing active researchers with the latest information in the field. Also available online via ScienceDirect (2006) – featuring extensive browsing, searching, and internal cross-referencing between articles in the work, plus dynamic linking to journal articles and abstract databases, making navigation flexible and easy. For more information, pricing options and availability visit www.info.sciencedirect.com. 360 individual articles written by prominent international authorities, encompassing all important aspects of quaternary science Each entry provides comprehensive, in-depth treatment of an overview topic and presented in a functional, clear and uniform layout Reference section provides guidence for further research on the topic Article text supported by full-color photos, drawings, tables, and other visual material Writing level is suited to both the expert and non-expert |
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The Colonization of Beringia and the Peopling of the New …
The term Beringia was originally proposed by Hulten to represent the land mass be-tween the present shores of northeast Asia and Alaska created by the emergence of continental shelf …
Beringia - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Evidence has been discovered that during the Wisconsin glacial phase, the sea level was lower than it is today, this created tundra rather than land in the area now refer to as Beringia. It was …
GEOG2570 Chapter 3 Historical Geography The First …
•‘Old World’ hunters crossed ‘Beringia’ following herds • ‘Mega fauna’ • 11,500BP evidence of well-established Paleo-Indian or ‘Clovis’ culture
Beringia and the peopling of the Western Hemisphere
In this review, we address the question of the role of Beringia in the peopling of the Western Hemisphere. The Beringian environment often has been viewed as the critical variable in the …
History and GeoGrapHy The Earliest Americans - Core …
the world’s water was frozen into ice. There was less water in the oceans than there is today. Some lands that are now under water were dry. That’s why dry land once connected Asia to …
BERINGIA, GEOARCHAEOLOGY The Bering Land Bridge …
Hultén (1968) first coined the term “Beringia” to refer to the Bering Land Bridge itself; however, its use has taken on a variety of geographic meanings. Others have broadened the geographic …
The Bering Strait, Rapid Climate Change, and Land Bridge …
recognized definition of Beringian. Extension into the Cretaceous implies that Beringia is rooted in its tectonic history, rather than its climatic history. In other words, the geographic configuration …
Beringia The Bering Land Bridge - Weebly
Beringia – The Bering Land Bridge Beringia existed during a time when much of Canada was covered in massive sheets of ice. Because of its arid climate, Beringia remained untouched by …
The peopling of eastern Beringia and its archaeological
Categorizing the early pre- historic tool industries of the Pleistocene/Holocene transition is pertinent to understanding the coloni- zation of eastern Beringia and ultimately the Americas....
The World in
bridge, known as Beringia, that joined Asia and North America during the last Ice Age.The Ice Age, which lasted for thousands of years, was a period of extreme cold in which glaciers …
Out of Beringia
Oct 7, 2013 · Our results support a different model that, on the contrary, puts Beringia in a central role, where the population that originated the Native Americans settled and diversified before …
Beringia and the Settlement of the Western Hemisphere
via Beringia, modern humans likely were denied access to mid-latitude North America >15 ka by coastal and interior ice sheets. Here we reexamine the problem with respect to modern hu …
EAA INTERVIEW The Bering Land Bridge Theory An EAA …
Natural and Moral History of the Indies, which asserts that prehistoric Asians walked to North America using a land bridge. The Bering and Cook expeditions in the eighteenth centuries and …
The Archaeology of Eastern Beringia: Some Contrasts and …
Clearly, however, the available radiocar-bon evidence indicates that what is now recognized as this early Denali complex endured over several millennia before 7000 B.P.
om~ The Colonization Beringia Peopling World - ResearchGate
The colonization of Beringia appears closely linked to the arrival of the oldest firmly documented archeological tradition in mid-latitude NorthAmerica (Paleoindian). Thedis-
Different Worlds Meet - Eagle Mountain-Saginaw …
Americas. The land bridge, Beringia, now lies under the Bering Strait. One popular scientific theory states that the first Americans were people from Asia who crossed over Beringia during …
Beringia: Intercontinental exchange and diversification of high ...
Beringia is the region spanning eastern Asia and north-western North America that remained ice-free during the full glacial events of the Pleistocene (Hultén 1937; Hopkins 1959; Yurtsev 1974).
Is theory about peopling of the Americas a bridge too far?
Researchers once envisioned Beringia, an area that included the now-submerged land bridge connecting Alaska to Siberia, as flyover country, a mere corridor to the New World. But …
Introduction by DAVID M. HOPKINS. 1996. - JSTOR
Beringia." Greater Beringia is defined in this work as extending from the Lena River and Aldan Plateau in eastern Siberia to the Mackenzie River valley in the Yukon and Northwest …
A CALL TO ACTION IN MARINE CONSERVATION
Beringia led to many settlements of highly successful coastal cultures whose skills were honed by a fierce physical environment. Generations of hunters and fishers from these coastal tribes …
The Colonization of Beringia and the Peopling of the New …
The term Beringia was originally proposed by Hulten to represent the land mass be-tween the present shores of northeast Asia and Alaska created by the emergence of continental shelf …
Beringia - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Evidence has been discovered that during the Wisconsin glacial phase, the sea level was lower than it is today, this created tundra rather than land in the area now refer to as Beringia. It was …
GEOG2570 Chapter 3 Historical Geography The First …
•‘Old World’ hunters crossed ‘Beringia’ following herds • ‘Mega fauna’ • 11,500BP evidence of well-established Paleo-Indian or ‘Clovis’ culture
Beringia and the peopling of the Western Hemisphere
In this review, we address the question of the role of Beringia in the peopling of the Western Hemisphere. The Beringian environment often has been viewed as the critical variable in the …
History and GeoGrapHy The Earliest Americans - Core …
the world’s water was frozen into ice. There was less water in the oceans than there is today. Some lands that are now under water were dry. That’s why dry land once connected Asia to …
BERINGIA, GEOARCHAEOLOGY The Bering Land Bridge …
Hultén (1968) first coined the term “Beringia” to refer to the Bering Land Bridge itself; however, its use has taken on a variety of geographic meanings. Others have broadened the geographic …
The Bering Strait, Rapid Climate Change, and Land Bridge …
recognized definition of Beringian. Extension into the Cretaceous implies that Beringia is rooted in its tectonic history, rather than its climatic history. In other words, the geographic configuration …
Beringia The Bering Land Bridge - Weebly
Beringia – The Bering Land Bridge Beringia existed during a time when much of Canada was covered in massive sheets of ice. Because of its arid climate, Beringia remained untouched by …
The peopling of eastern Beringia and its archaeological
Categorizing the early pre- historic tool industries of the Pleistocene/Holocene transition is pertinent to understanding the coloni- zation of eastern Beringia and ultimately the Americas....
The World in
bridge, known as Beringia, that joined Asia and North America during the last Ice Age.The Ice Age, which lasted for thousands of years, was a period of extreme cold in which glaciers …
Out of Beringia
Oct 7, 2013 · Our results support a different model that, on the contrary, puts Beringia in a central role, where the population that originated the Native Americans settled and diversified before …
Beringia and the Settlement of the Western Hemisphere
via Beringia, modern humans likely were denied access to mid-latitude North America >15 ka by coastal and interior ice sheets. Here we reexamine the problem with respect to modern hu …
EAA INTERVIEW The Bering Land Bridge Theory An EAA …
Natural and Moral History of the Indies, which asserts that prehistoric Asians walked to North America using a land bridge. The Bering and Cook expeditions in the eighteenth centuries and …
The Archaeology of Eastern Beringia: Some Contrasts and …
Clearly, however, the available radiocar-bon evidence indicates that what is now recognized as this early Denali complex endured over several millennia before 7000 B.P.
om~ The Colonization Beringia Peopling World - ResearchGate
The colonization of Beringia appears closely linked to the arrival of the oldest firmly documented archeological tradition in mid-latitude NorthAmerica (Paleoindian). Thedis-
Different Worlds Meet - Eagle Mountain-Saginaw …
Americas. The land bridge, Beringia, now lies under the Bering Strait. One popular scientific theory states that the first Americans were people from Asia who crossed over Beringia during …
Beringia: Intercontinental exchange and diversification of high ...
Beringia is the region spanning eastern Asia and north-western North America that remained ice-free during the full glacial events of the Pleistocene (Hultén 1937; Hopkins 1959; Yurtsev 1974).
Is theory about peopling of the Americas a bridge too far?
Researchers once envisioned Beringia, an area that included the now-submerged land bridge connecting Alaska to Siberia, as flyover country, a mere corridor to the New World. But …
Introduction by DAVID M. HOPKINS. 1996. - JSTOR
Beringia." Greater Beringia is defined in this work as extending from the Lena River and Aldan Plateau in eastern Siberia to the Mackenzie River valley in the Yukon and Northwest …
A CALL TO ACTION IN MARINE CONSERVATION
Beringia led to many settlements of highly successful coastal cultures whose skills were honed by a fierce physical environment. Generations of hunters and fishers from these coastal tribes …
