The Ceren Site: A Prehistoric Village Buried By Volcanic Ash In Central America

By Payson D. Sheets, Sheets, Payson D.

Volcanic Activity And Human Ecology

By Donald K. Grayson, Payson D. Sheets

Foreword / Harold E. Malde -- Introduction / Payson D. Sheets And Donald K. Grayson -- Volcanoes And Their Activity / Fred M. Bullard -- Geologic Methods In Studies Of Quaternary Tephra / Laurence...

Archaeology, Volcanism, And Remote Sensing In The Arenal Region, Costa Rica

By Payson D. Sheets

How humans adapt to life in an area prone to natural disasters is an intriguing study for the social sciences. In this volume, experts from several disciplines explore the adaptation process of pre...

Before The Volcano Erupted: The Ancient Cerén Village In Central America

By C. Dan Miller, Linda A. Brown, Ronald L. Bishop, Lawrence B. Conyers, Scott E. Simmons, Brian R. McKee, Sarah B. Barber, David L. Lentz, Payson D. Sheets, Payson Sheets, David B. Tucker, Michelle Woodward, Marilyn Beaudry-Corbett, Harriet F Beaubien, Inga Calvin, Andrea I Gerstle, Carlos Benjamín Lara M, Carlos R Ramírez-Sosa, Hartmut Spetzler

Annotation The Level Of Insight And Reconstruction Possible At Ceren Is Almost Unparalleled In Archaeology, Certainly In The New World. ... It's A Remarkable Story.--paul Healy, Professor Of Anthro...

Archeology And Volcanism In Central America: The Zapotitán Valley Of El Salvador

By Payson D. Sheets, Payson D. Sheets (Editor)

Scientists have long speculated on the impact of extreme natural catastrophes on human societies. Archeology and Volcanism in Central America provides dramatic evidence of the effects of several vo...

The Ceren Site: An Ancient Village Buried By Volcanic Ash In Central America

By Payson D. Sheets

Discovered in 1976 by Sheets, and under continuous excavation and study since, the spectacular Ceren site provides us with an unusually clear window into the ancient past with which to view family...

El Niño, Catastrophism, And Culture Change In Ancient America

By Kirk A. Maasch, Daniel H. Sandweiss, Michael Moseley, Jeffrey Quilter, David Keefer, S. Jeffrey K. Wilkerson, Paul Mayewski, David Hodell, James B., III Richardson, Brian Billman, Payson D. Sheets, Gary Huckleberry, Jason Yaeger, Paul Roscoe

"El Nino is an extreme climate perturbation that periodically changes weather throughout the globe, often with dire consequences. First recognized in Peru, El Nino events are best known and documen...

Before The Volcano Erupted

By C. Dan Miller, Linda A. Brown, Ronald L. Bishop, Lawrence B. Conyers, Scott E. Simmons, Brian R. McKee, Sarah B. Barber, David L. Lentz, Payson D. Sheets, Payson Sheets, David B. Tucker, Michelle Woodward, Marilyn Beaudry-Corbett, Harriet F Beaubien, Inga Calvin, Andrea I Gerstle, Carlos Benjamín Lara M, Carlos R Ramírez-Sosa, Hartmut Spetzler

The level of insight and reconstruction possible at Cerén is almost unparalleled in archaeology, certainly in the New World. . . . It's a remarkable story. --Paul Healy, Professor of Anthropology,...

Archaeology, Volcanism, And Remote Sensing In The Arenal Region, Costa Rica

By Brian R. McKee, Payson D. Sheets

Archeology And Volcanism In Central America: The Zapotitán Valley Of El Salvador

By Payson D. Sheets, Payson D. Sheets (Editor)

Scientists have long speculated on the impact of extreme natural catastrophes on human societies. Archeology and Volcanism in Central America provides dramatic evidence of the effects of several vo...