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Past vulnerability : volcanic eruptions and human vulnerability in traditional societies past and present / Volcanic eruptions and human vulnerability in traditional societies past and present Past vulnerability: vulcanic eruptions and human vulnerability in traditional societies past and present edited by Felix Riede ; Laboratory for Past Disaster Science. - 1 online resource (279 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, charts

International conference proceedings. Cover title has typo: Past vulnerability: vulcanic eruptions.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Breaks new ground by examining the histories of extreme environmental events, from the recent eruptions of Mount Merapi in Central Java to the prehistoric Toba supervolcanic eruption 74,000 years ago on the island of Sumatra. Experts from a broad and unconventional range of disciplines - from anthropology to literature studies and from archaeology to theology - discuss the impacts of volcanic eruptions inhuman history and prehistory."--

ISBN: 9788771840247 (electronic bk.) 8771840249 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Volcanic eruptions--History--Congresses.
Éruptions volcaniques--Histoire--Congrès.
Volcanic eruptions.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.

LC Class. No.: QE521.5 / .C66 2013eb

Dewey Class. No.: 551.21