Critical perspectives on historical collapse.

Abstract:

:Historical collapse of ancient states or civilizations has raised new awareness about its possible relevance to current issues of sustainability, in the context of global change. This Special Feature examines 12 case studies of societies under stress, of which seven suffered severe transformation. Outcomes were complex and unpredictable. Five others overcame breakdown through environmental, political, or socio-cultural resilience, which deserves as much attention as the identification of stressors. Response to environmental crises of the last millennium varied greatly according to place and time but drew from traditional knowledge to evaluate new information or experiment with increasing flexibility, even if modernization or intensification were decentralized and protracted. Longer-term diachronic experience offers insight into how societies have dealt with acute stress, a more instructive perspective for the future than is offered by apocalyptic scenarios.

authors

Butzer KW,Endfield GH

doi

10.1073/pnas.1114772109

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-03-06 00:00:00

pages

3628-31

issue

10

eissn

0027-8424

issn

1091-6490

pii

1114772109

journal_volume

109

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