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social-ecological structure, 147–48;
Teotihuacan as, 151–54
Urban planning, 103; Teotihuacan, 151–53
Ur III state, 178, 183
Urup Island, 24
Ushishir volcano, 27, 28
Vegetation, 144; tephra falls, 73–74, 78
VEI. See Volcanic Explosivity Index
Veiðivötn, tephra from, 78
Vestmannaeyjar system, 72, 84
Villages: Mesa Verde, 230–31; resilience and
vulnerability of, 45–50, 52
Volcanic ash deposits, 4; Central America,
47, 48; dating of, 77–78; Iceland, 69; Kuril
Islands, 22, 25–26, 27, 28–29; Teotihuacan
region, 149
Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI), 45–46, 52,
57, 229
Volcanic gases, Icelandic volcanoes, 75
Volcanism, 4, 5, 7, 13, 64–65, 76, 127; Basin
of Mexico, 144–45, 232; Central America,
45–50; emergency planning for, 80–81;
flooding and, 69, 72–73, 81–82; Iceland,
8, 9, 67–69, 70–71; Kuril Islands, 25–30;
Mexico and Central America, 44–45;
pollution and fallout, 74–75; responses
to, 56–57, 238–39; social evolution and,
228–29; sociopolitical vulnerability and,
52–55
Vulnerabilities, 6, 92, 197, 198, 203, 208,
240–41; assessing, 8, 47; settlement location
and, 104–5; social-ecological systems,
213, 239, 242–43; sociopolitical complexity
and, 45–50, 52, 54–55
Warfare, 57
Washington, Mt. St. Helens ash in, 48
Water-control systems: Teotihuacan, 153,
154–56, 165; US Southwest, 206–10, 230
Wattle and daub architecture, 59, 65
Waxaklajuun Ubaah K’awiil, 56
Weather, 76; Kuril Islands, 31–33; Mesa Verde
region, 230; Mesopotamia, 168, 175–76
Wei Empire, collapse of, 58
Wind shear, 92
Winters, severe, 175–76
Woodlands, Icelandic, 79, 80
World War II, Kuril Islands, 24, 25
Written record, Mesopotamia, 172–73
Xitle volcano, 54
Xolalpan phase, 150
Yankitcha Island caldera, 28
Zacatecas. See Malpaso Valley
Zapotitan Valley, 48
Zuni, 11, 201, 202, 230; water-control systems,
206, 209–10
256