Abstract Kyle Harper's The Fate of Rome, written for a popular audience, uses the
environment to explain the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. The book asserts that …

In this new installation of his work, William E. Connolly examines entanglements between
volatile earth processes and emerging cultural practices, highlighting relays among …

Abstract Ilopango volcano (El Salvador) erupted violently during the Maya Classic Period
(250–900 CE) in a densely-populated and intensively-cultivated region of the southern …

During the medieval and early modern periods the Middle East lost its economic advantage
relative to the West. Recent explanations of this historical phenomenon—called the Long …

Ancient DNA research in the past decade has revealed that European population structure
changed dramatically in the prehistoric period (14,000–3000 years before present, YBP) …

Reconstruction of last millennia Sea Surface Temperature (SST) evolution is challenging
due to the difficulty retrieving good resolution marine records and to the several …

A full review of the 79 CE Plinian eruption of Vesuvius is presented through a
multidisciplinary approach, exploiting the integration of historical, stratigraphic …

This book investigates urbanormativity—a concept that privileges urban normalcy and
desirability over rural deviance and undesirability. The “reality” section outlines its …

Urban science seeks to understand the fundamental processes that drive, shape and
sustain cities and urbanization. It is a multi/transdisciplinary approach involving concepts …

Patterns of state formation have crucial implications for comparative economic development.
Diamond (1997) famously argued that “fractured land” was responsible for China's tendency …