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Recent droughts in Africa and elsewhere in the world, from China to
Peru, have serious implications for food security and grave
consequences for local and international politics. The issues do
not just concern the plight of African peoples, but also our global
ecological future.
Global climatic changes become manifest initially in regions that
are marginal or unstable. Africa's Sahel zone is one of the most
sensitive climatic regions in the world and the events that have
gripped that region beginning in the 1970's were the first
indicator of a significant shift in global climatic conditions.
This work aims to bring archaeology with the domain on contemporary
human affairs and to forge a new methodology for coping with
environmental problems from an archaeological perspective. Using
the later prehistory of Africa as a comparison, the utility of this
methodological strategy in interpreting culture change and
assessing long-term response to current, global climatic
fluctuations is examined and understood.
Recent droughts in Africa and elsewhere in the world, from China to
Peru, have serious implications for food security and grave
consequences for local and international politics. The issues do
not just concern the plight of African peoples, but also our global
ecological future.
Global climatic changes become manifest initially in regions that
are marginal or unstable. Africa's Sahel zone is one of the most
sensitive climatic regions in the world and the events that have
gripped that region beginning in the 1970's were the first
indicator of a significant shift in global climatic conditions.
This work aims to bring archaeology with the domain on contemporary
human affairs and to forge a new methodology for coping with
environmental problems from an archaeological perspective. Using
the later prehistory of Africa as a comparison, the utility of this
methodological strategy in interpreting culture change and
assessing long-term response to current, global climatic
fluctuations is examined and understood.
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