Understanding Collapse
Guy D. Middleton
Understanding Collapse explores the collapse of ancient civilisations, such as Roman Empire, Maya, and Easter Island. In this lively survey, Guy D. Middleton critically examines our ideas about - how we explain it have constructed potentially misleading myths around collapses showing why societies was a much more complex phenomenon than is often admitted. Rather positing single explanatory model economic, social, or environmental gives full consideration to overlooked resilience in communities peoples choices that they made. He offers fresh interpretation will be accessible both students scholars. The book an engaging, introductory-level survey archaeology/history literature, which ideal for use courses on civilizations, sustainability, climate change. It includes up-to-date case studies famous less well-known examples collapses, illustrated with 25 black white illustrations, 3 line drawings, 16 tables 18 maps.