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Splendid Isolation - The Eruption of the Laacher See Volcano & Southern Scandinavian Late Glacial Hunter-Gatherers (Hardcover)
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Splendid Isolation - The Eruption of the Laacher See Volcano & Southern Scandinavian Late Glacial Hunter-Gatherers (Hardcover)
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In the late spring some 13,000 years ago, the Laacher See volcano
in present-day western Germany erupted. The area in the immediate
vicinity of the volcano was completely destroyed, covering and
preserving, Pompeii-like, a prehistoric landscape complete with
traces of plant, animal and human activity. But what was the impact
of this cataclysm on the Final Paleolithic hunter-gatherer
communities that occupied nothern Europe at that time? This book
presents a new take on the cultural evolution of these forager
groups, seen in light of the Laacher See eruption. Rooted in a
framework of vulnerability and resilience, the author makes a
powerful and multidisciplinary argument for how the ecological and
sociological consequences of the eruption led to, in particular,
the emergence of the hitherto ill-understood Bromme culture that
comes into existence in southern Scandinavia just after the
eruption. The primary aim of this book is to integrate archaeology
and volcanology in a better understanding of this remarkable
episode of culture change in Europe's deep past. At the same time
the author makes and argument that archaeological and historical
studies of extreme event such as volcanic eruptions can and should
play a greater role in historically informed, evidence-based
decision making procedures in contemporary risk reduction policies.
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