ANTH 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Niche Construction, Pumice, Terraforming
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Risk of collapse is always present in complex societies, as the simpler a society is the longer it can go on unchanged. sort of like entropy, the more complex something is the greater chance of failing. For sumeria"s demise their own actions lead to a decrease in ability to produce the crops they needed, weakening them and thus leading to them being defeated by the. A good example of collapse not happening in a vacuum. Drastic decrease in human population size and/or political/economic/social complexity, over a considerable area for an extended time period. " = collapse. Considerable area and extended time remain undefined, without specifics. Give a five point framework for collapse: Example: easter island which is inherently biased) Sometimes had hats on them, meant to depict hair stone is red pumice. Other idea for transportation is they walked" them with ropes, rocking.
