Overview

Research on the effects of climate change on people and the environment has its roots in decades of study by archaeologists and meteorologists. The Archaeoclimatology Atlas of Oregon provides an in-depth look at the modeled climatic and environmental history of the region over the past 14,000 years and analyzes the relationship between climatic variables and people in the past. The Macrophysical Climate Model (MCM) used for the atlas presents an innovative means of modeling past climate that has been rigorously tested and verified against field evidence worldwide. Broad-scale reconstructions of specific times in the past provide detailed site-specific graphs of precipitation, temperature, evaporation, and snowfall for more than 75 locations in Oregon. Applications of the model and its implications for human populations in Oregon are explored for each region of the state, demonstrating the variability of human-climate interactions.

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Author:   Reid Bryson ,  George Jones ,  Alison Stenger
Publisher:   University of Utah Press,U.S.
Imprint:   University of Utah Press,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.958kg
ISBN:  

9780874809268

ISBN 10:   0874809266
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   01 March 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Publisher’s Note Section A Climatology for the Field Scientist Chapter 1. Archaeoclimatology: An Introduction Chapter 2. Statewide Climate Mapping Section B Western Oregon Chapter 3. Case Study: Salem Chapter 4. Case Study: The Portland Basin and Lake River Region Chapter 5. Models for Western Oregon The Northwest Coast: Clatskanie, Nehalem, Newport, Seaside, St. Helens, Summit, and Tillamook The Southwest: Ashland, Brookings, Coquille City, Fern Ridge Dam, Gold Beach, Grants Pass, Honeyman, and Roseburg The Portland Basin: Portland The Willamette Valley: Corvallis, Eugene, McMinnville, North Willamette Experiment Station, and Stayton The Cascades: Bonneville Dam, Cascadia, Cottage Grove Dam, Crater Lake, Detroit Dam, Idleyld Park, Lost Creek Dam, McKenzie Bridge, Odell Lake East, and Three Lynx Section C The Columbia Plateau and Valleys Chapter 6. Case Study: Wildcat Canyon, Arlington Chapter 7. Models for the Columbia Plateau and Valleys The Plateau: Antelope, Dufur, Heppner, Kent, Metolius, Mikkalo, Monument, and Pendleton The Ochoco–Blue Mountains Ridge: Austin, Ironside, John Day, Mitchell, Paulina, Prineville, and Seneca The Northeast: Baker, Elgin, La Grande, Ukiah, and Wallowa The High Desert: Bend and Brothers Section D The Interior Basin Chapter 8. Case Study: Diamond Pond, Voltage Anthony H. Ruter and Reid A. Bryson Chapter 9: Models for the Interior Basin The Western Great Basin: Adel, Chemult, Fremont, Klamath Falls, Malin, Paisley, Sprague River, and Valley Fall The Eastern Great Basin: Alkali Lake, Beulah, Burns Junction, Burns WSO, Hart Mountain Refuge, McDermitt, Owyhee Dam, P Ranch Refuge, Riverside, Sheaville, Vale, and Wagontire Section E Storms and Rivers Chapter 10. Typhoons and the Middle Holocene Chapter 11. Case Study: River Modeling near Woodburn Chapter 12. Modeled River Discharge Deschutes at Mecca, John Day at McDonald Ferry, Molalla at Wilhoit, Owyhee at Rome, Rogue at Agness, Umpqua at Elkton, Willamette at Portland, and Willamina Creek at Willamina Epilogue References  

Reviews

A seminal work of impeccable and detailed scholarship representing an invaluable contribution to the science of climatology and climate-human interactions. -- The Midwest Book Review

<p> A seminal work of impeccable and detailed scholarship representing an invaluable contribution to the science of climatology and climate-human interactions. -- The Midwest Book Review<br>

Author Information

Reid A. Bryson (1920-2008) was an emeritus professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, geography, and environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He authored seven books and more than 250 other publications ranging over the fields of geology, limnology, meteorology, climatology, archaeology, and geography. His book, Climates of Hunger, received the Banta Medal for Literary Achievement. Alison Stenger is the director of research at the Institute for Archaeological Studies in Portland, Oregon. Her publications include British Impacts upon Native American Populations in the Northwest; Megafauna, Man, and Pathogens: International Travel in the Pleistocene. Katherine McEnaney DeWall is an elementary school teacher with a background in archaeology and degrees from Harvard University and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She has published several articles applying Macrophysical Climate Models (MCM) to archaeo- logical questions, and is coeditor with Reid A. Bryson of A Paleoclimatology Workbook: High-Resolution, Site-Specific, Macrophysical Climate Modeling.

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