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Bárdarbunga volcano, 72
Barrilles culture, 8; and Baru eruption, 51–52,
57
Baru volcano, 8, 51, 51–52, 57
Belief systems, Caribbean, 100. See also
Religion
Biodiversity, Kuril Islands, 21, 22
Biogeography, Kuril Islands, 20–22
Biomass, and Okhotsk Sea circulation, 32
Boinayel, 100
Boqueron volcano, 50, 57
British Isles, volcanic pollution in, 75
Bronze Age: archaeology, 171–73; environmental
hazards, 173–80, 195; in
Mesopotamia, 168–71, 186, 187; resilience
and institutional power in, 182–85
Buddhism, 58
Buena Vista, Bahia de, 104
Calakmul, 55
Calderas, Kuril Islands, 27, 28, 29
Canal systems; Hohokam, 208–9;
Teotihuacan, 153
Caracol, 55
Caral, 125, 128
Caribbean islands, 9, 91, 93; archaeology of,
94–95; disaster management, 114–15;
household architecture, 101–2; hurricanes,
98–100; precipitation changes in, 97–98;
sea level rise, 95–97, 97; settlement locations,
13, 102–5
Carrying capacity, Teotihuacan, 153
Carthage, AD 536 phenomenon, 58
Cassiodorius, 58
Causation, 121, 122–23
Caves, as hurricane shelter, 104
Cemeteries, Arenal area, 52
Central America, 7, 13, 16, 240; earthquakeresistant
architecture, 59, 65; volcanism,
44–45, 64, 229
Ceremonial centers, 54, 56; Teotihuacan, 151,
153–54
Ceren, and volcanic eruptions, 48–50
Ceren architecture, 13–14, 59, 65
Chato, Cerro, 46
Chichen Itza, 56
Chiefdoms, 225; Barriles, 51–52, 57
Chimu Empire, 130
China, 58
Chirinkotan Island, 24, 28
Chiriqui, Río, 51, 52
Chirpoi Island, 24, 28
Cholula, 53
Chontal Maya, 55–56
Chronicle of Michael the Syrian, 173
City-states, Mesopotamian, 169
Ciudad Credisa, 48
Classic Maya, collapse of, 55–56
Classic period, Teotihuacan Valley, 155
Climate, 7, 69, 93, 94, 200; agave cultivation
and, 205–6; irrigation systems and, 206–
10; in Mesopotamia, 168, 176, 183
Climate change, 238, 241; and Bronze Age
Mesopotamia, 172, 185; Caribbean, 95,
115; Kuril Islands, 32–33, 35; Teotihuacan,
10, 146, 154
Coatrisque, 100
Collation, 121–22; Supe Valley archaeology,
128–29
Colonization: Caribbean islands, 94; Iceland,
79
Columbus, Christopher, on hurricanes, 99
Complexity, scales of, 123–24
Constantinople, 58
Controlled breaching, 177
Cooperation, 228
Coordination, political, 228
Copan, 56
Correlation, 121, 122
Costa Rica, volcanic eruptions in, 45–46,
64–65
Crops, diversification, 203–6
Cuba, 9, 91, 94; household architecture,
101–2; rising sea level, 96, 97; settlement
locations in, 102–5
Cuicuilco, 53–54, 54, 56
Cultural evolution, 224, 226
Cuneiform, 172–73, 176
Cyclones, 9. See also Hurricanes
Daghara, salinization, 178–79
Deaths: from volcanic eruptions, 70–71, 75,
76; from winter weather, 176
Deforestation: Basin of Mexico, 143,
146; Iceland, 79; Maya region, 55, 56;
Teotihuacan region, 10, 149–50, 239
Depopulation, Mesa Verde region, 230–31
Desertification, in Southern Mesopotamia,
177–78
Diamond, Jared, on response to environmental
change, 241–42
Disasters, 2, 232; elite responsibility for, 8,
58; management of, 12, 15–16, 106, 107,
114–15, 240
250