1932

Abstract

Abstract

The literature on sustainability and the human future emphasizes the belief that population and/or mass consumption caused resource degradation and collapse in earlier societies. Archaeological literature proposing overshoot and collapse appears in current debates over resource conservation versus continued economic growth. The prominence of this debate, with its national and international dimensions, makes it important to assess whether there is evidence in the archaeological literature for overshoot and collapse brought on by Malthusian overpopulation and/or mass consumption.

Loading

Article metrics loading...

/content/journals/10.1146/annurev.anthro.35.081705.123136
2006-10-21
2024-03-28
Loading full text...

Full text loading...

/content/journals/10.1146/annurev.anthro.35.081705.123136
Loading
  • Article Type: Review Article
This is a required field
Please enter a valid email address
Approval was a Success
Invalid data
An Error Occurred
Approval was partially successful, following selected items could not be processed due to error