Joseph A. Tainter
Born
in The United States
December 08, 1949
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The Collapse of Complex Societies
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1988
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Drilling Down: The Gulf Oil Debacle and Our Energy Dilemma
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2011
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Rethinking Environmental History: World-System History and Global Environmental Change
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2007
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Themes in Southwest Prehistory
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1994
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Supply Side Sustainability
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2003
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Beyond Collapse: Archaeological Perspectives on Resilience, Revitalization, and Transformation in Complex Societies
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2015
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Ecology, Diversity And Sustainability Of The Middle Rio Grande Basin
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2004
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Evolving Complexity And Environmental Risk In The Prehistoric Southwest
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1995
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复杂社会的崩溃
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Archeology of the Farmington Sector of the Elena Gallegos Project
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“in the evolution of a society, continued investment in complexity as a problem-solving strategy yields a declining marginal return.”
― The Collapse of Complex Societies
― The Collapse of Complex Societies
“Happily, solving problems by intensifying production and increasing complexity does not always yield catastrophic results.”
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