LISS.398A TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT and HUMAN ADAPTATION:
PART I EARLY PEOPLES in the NEW WORLD

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT - CONTENTS

ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN ACTIVITY

GLOBAL CLIMATE

MECHANICAL-THERMODYNAMIC SYSTEM

SOLAR RADIATION

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION

CONVECTION CELLS

OCEAN CIRCULATION

PRESSURE SYSTEMS

TURBULENT DISTURBANCES

MID-LATITUDE

TROPICAL

PREVAILING WINDS

SURFACE

UPPER-AIR

PRECIPITATION

HYDROLOGIC SYSTEM

TYPES

TEMPERATURE

CHANGE OVER TIME

DESCRIPTION

EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE

BIOLOGICAL

DENDROCLIMATOLOGICAL

ECOLOGICAL

GEOLOGICAL

GLACIAL DEPOSITS

ICE CORES

OCEANBED DEPOSITS

OCEANSHORE DEPOSITS

SOIL DEVELOPMENT

STREAM BED DEPOSITS

OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS

THEORETICAL EXPLANATION

GLOBAL

MILANKOVITCH CYCLES

VOLCANIC AEROSOLS

LOCAL

NORTH AMERICAN CLIMATE

MID-LATITUDE

CONTINENTAL

REGIONAL

TROPICAL

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