The Holocene: An Environmental History

by Neil Roberts

Book by Roberts, Neil

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, History, Planetary Science, Environment, Textbooks, Geography

227 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

Reviews

[Brian Turner · Rating 4 out of 5]

While this is promoted as a textbook it's actually quite light on detail compared to other texts I've read, as it aims for a general overview rather than drilling down to provide a lot of detail.

The result is a decent introduction behind the science and research methods but by not covering the archaeology of any period in any detail relationships between the environment and people are never really well-defined.

Overall, a decent read, but more of an introduction to geoarchaeology than an in-depth exploration of human-environmental relationships.

[Michael]

Read this as part of my uni course, a concise and easy to understand read on the climate of the last 10,000 years

[Simon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read for MA. I’d never heard of the holocene prior to this book. Now I see all development in the context of that timeframe.

[for-much-deliberation ...]

Focusing on the late Quartenary, this book takes a look at earth changing events which have occured during the last 15000 years

[Jorgon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still the best overview of climatic and environmental changes of the last 10000 years, the new edition adds most recent information and material.