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Index
Page numbers in italic indicate illustrations.
Abandonment: Bronze Age Mesopotamia,
178, 179; northern Mexico, 204; Supe
Culture, 128–29
Aborigines, social complexity, 123–24
Abu Dibbis depression, 177
Acolman, 156
Adaptability, 147, 157
Adaptive cycle, in Mesopotamia, 181
Agave cultivation, 204–6
Agriculture, 24, 124, 239, 241; Basin of
Mexico, 143, 149, 165; coastal Peru,
125–27; diversification of, 203–6, 213,
221; and floods, 176–77; Mesopotamia,
168, 173–76, 183, 186; salinization,
178–79; Teotihuacan, 151–52, 153–54;
US Southwest, 206–10; and volcanic eruptions,
52–55
Ainu, 24, 34–35, 37
Akkadian state, 183
Álftaver, 73
Andean coast, 117, 118; and ENSO, 9–10,
119–20
Andes Mountains, 127, 140
Archaeology, 4–5, 58, 224; applied, 12–16;
Caribbean Islands, 94–95; coastal Peru,
128–33; collation, 121–22; correlation
and causation in, 122–23; and disaster
management, 106, 107; Kuril Islands,
22–25, 28–30, 30–31; Mesopotamian,
171–73; scales of complexity, 123–24;
secure information, 120–21
Architecture: earthquake-resistant, 59, 65;
household, 9, 13–14, 101–2, 240; Mayan,
56; talud-tablero, 53; Teotihuacan, 153–
54; urban, 10
Arenal area: social organization, 57, 229;
vulnerability and resilience, 45–50, 52, 59
Arenal volcano, eruptions of, 45–46, 47,
64–65
Art, Maya Classic period, 56
Ascope Canal, 129
Askja, 73–74
Assyrian Empire, 184, 185
Atlatongo, 155, 156
Atmospheric phenomenon, AD536, 58
Authority, local nodes of, 16, 57
Avulsion, 177
Aztecs, 156
Babylon, 183–84
Bajareque architecture, 59, 65
Bands, 224, 227
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