01841    a2200253   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001400136072001200150072002100162072002000183100001700203245006800220250000600288260003200294300001000326520121200336700002401548999001501572159874269820250317100406.0250312042010GB                   eng    a9781598742695  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 46.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aNK2thema7 aHD2bic7 aSOC0030002bisac7 a930.10282bisac1 aJohn Grattan10aLiving Under the ShadowbCultural Impacts of Volcanic Eruptions  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20100415  a320 p  bPopularist treatments of ancient disasters like volcanic eruptions have grossly overstated their capacity for death, destruction, and societal collapse. Contributors to this volume—from anthropology, archaeology, environmental studies, geology, and biology—show that human societies have been incredibly resilient and, in the long run, have often recovered remarkably well from wide scale disruption and significant mortality. They have often used eruptions as a trigger for environmental enrichment, cultural change, and adaptation. These historical studies are relevant to modern hazard management because they provide records for a far wider range of events and responses than have been recorded in written records, yet are often closely datable and trackable using standard archaeological and geological techniques. Contributors also show the importance of traditional knowledge systems in creating a cultural memory of dangerous locations and community responses to disaster. The global and temporal coverage of the research reported is impressive, comprising studies from North and Central America, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, and ranging in time from the Middle Palaeolithic to the modern day.1 aRobin Torrence4B01  c1778d1778