Collapse Studies in Archaeology from 2012 to 2023
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6432960 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Guy D Middleton (0000-0001-5707-4017, Newcastle University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 57-115 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Archaeological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1059-0161 • E-ISSN: 1573-7756 |
| Publisher | Springer Nature (PUBLISHER • SG) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10814-024-09196-4 |
| OpenAlex | W4392617863 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 255 |
The study of collapse in archaeology and history has continued to grow and develop in the last decade and is a respectable target of investigation in and beyond these fields. Environmental determinism and apocalyptic narratives have become less acceptable and collapsology has matured into a more nuanced, self-critical, and sophisticated field. This review explores recent work on collapse in archaeology between 2012 and 2023. It demonstrates how collapse, and associated concepts such as resilience, fragility, and vulnerability, are studied in the light of present-day threats, how collapse studies are increasingly recognized to have application in the present day, where they can contribute to discourses of resilience and sustainable development, and shows the diversity present in collapse studies. It also discusses the language and concepts of collapse. I explore these areas with reference to general works on collapse and to six specific historical episodes of collapse: Old World collapse, eastern Mediterranean collapse, the Western and Eastern Roman Empires, the Classic Maya, Tiwanaku, and Rapa Nui
Anthropocene · Archaeology · Art · Economic collapse · Environmental ethics · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Psychological resilience · Resilience (materials science · Vulnerability (computing · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
The Ship Graffiti from Late Bronze Age–Early Iron Age Kition, Cyprus
From village to state, and back again
Beyond rupture
La fase Cabuza y el estado Tiwanaku
Archaeological Perspectives on Urban Sustainability
Scales, Sources, and Simulations
The Late 3 rd and Early 2 nd Millennium bc Temple at the Kızılkaya Ridge of the Amuq Valley (Hatay, Türkiye)
A system of ups and downs
Deep-time patterns of sustainability and resilience in socio-ecological systems
Postclassic Maya population recovery and rural resilience in the aftermath of collapse in northern Yucatan
Environmental archaeology in China
Complicated endings
Mismatches of scale in the application of paleoclimatic research to Chinese archaeology
Perspectives on Public Policy in Societal-Environmental Crises
From Rome to Byzantium AD 363 to 565
The Roman West, AD 200–500
B.c.
The Making of Empire in Bronze Age Anatolia
The Survival of Easter Island
A Companion to the Archaeology of Early Greece and the Mediterranean
The Collapse of Complex Societies
Bronze Age Greece
Going Forward by Looking Back
The Roman Empire IIThe Monarchy
Global Crisis
The Fate of Rome
B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed
The archaeology of climate change
Environmental Roots of the Late Bronze Age Crisis
History meets palaeoscience
Collapse of Classic Maya Civilization Related to Modest Reduction in Precipitation
Realising consilience
Timing and climate forcing of volcanic eruptions for the past 2,500 years
Collapse, environment, and society
Fluvial landscapes of the Harappan civilization
Cooling and societal change during the Late Antique Little Ice Age from 536 to around 660 AD
Towards a rigorous understanding of societal responses to climate change
Critical perspectives on historical collapse
The 4.2 ka BP Event in the Mediterranean region
Un-becoming Roman
Demystifying Collapse
The co-production of sustainable future scenarios
Pottery production, regional exchange, and state collapse during the Middle Horizon ( A.D. 500–1000)
Plagues, climate change, and the end of an empire. A response to Kyle Harper's The Fate of Rome (2)
Flux and continuity in monument-building traditions in south India
‘In bulls doth the Earth-Shaker delight’ – Introduction to the volume
Nature of an Andean City
What Was Tiwanaku
Managing the Roman Empire for the Long Term
The End of the Roman Empire
The Empire That Would Not Die
Rome and the Classic Maya
The Archaeology of China
Against the Grain
Grain Tribute in Hittite Syria and the Fall of Ugarit
AD 750–1100 Climate Change and Critical Transitions in Classic Maya Sociopolitical Networks
Modeling Resilience and Sustainability in Ancient Agricultural Systems
Short-term Cataclysmic Events in Premodern Complex Societies
Earthquakes as the Quintessential SCE
The Rise and Fall of Wiñaymarka
The Santorini eruption. An archaeological investigation of its distal impacts on Minoan Crete
Rise and fall of complex societies in the Yiluo region, North China
Climate variability and evolution of the Indus civilization
Resilience theory in archaeological practice – An annotated review
The 4.2 ka BP climatic event and its cultural responses
Socioenvironmental change as a process
Source of Nile sediments in the floodplain at Saqqara inferred from mineralogical, geochemical, and pollen data, and their palaeoclimatic and geoarchaeological significance
Mid-to Late Holocene paleoclimatic changes and paleoenvironmental shifts inferred from pollen and diatom assemblages at Lake Hamra, Wadi El Natrun (Western Nile Delta, North Western Desert, Egypt)
The 4.2 ka event and its resulting cultural interruption in the Daihai Lake basin at the East Asian summer monsoon margin
Climate change at the end of the Old Kingdom in Egypt around 4200 BP
Societal collapse
Climate Change and Ancient Societies in Europe and the Near East
Moral Collapse and State Failure
Earlier collapse of Anthropocene ecosystems driven by multiple faster and noisier drivers
Urban and rural survivorship in Pre- and Post-Black Death Denmark
Disasters fast and slow
What Collapsed in 1177
Revisiting 1177 BCE and the Late Bronze Age Collapse
Thoughts on the Collapse
There Really Are 50 Eskimo Words For ‘Snow’”
Revisiting 1177 BCE and the Late Bronze Age Collapse
Leaving the “sustainability or collapse” narrative behind
The Archaeology of Cyprus From Earliest Prehistory Through the Bronze Age
Plagues, climate change, and the end of an empire
Plagues, climate change, and the end of an empire
Ranke
Eschewing the Apocalyptic
Establishing the Middle Sea
Was There a 3.2 ka Crisis in Europe? A Critical Comparison of Climatic, Environmental, and Archaeological Evidence for Radical Change during the Bronze Age–Iron Age Transition
Nothing Lasts Forever
A tale of three cities
A dramatic climatic transition at ~4000 cal. yr BP and its cultural responses in Chinese cultural domains
Risky business
The problem of the future
Recent developments in the study of Early Bronze Age Crete (Early Minoan period)
Climate and the Late Bronze Collapse
Was the drought really responsible? Assessing statistical relationships between climate extremes and cultural transitions
Impacts of long term climate change during the collapse of the Akkadian Empire
The influence of climatic change on the Late Bronze Age Collapse and the Greek Dark Ages
A model-based approach to the tempo of “collapse”
The End of Empires
The 4.2 ka BP Climate Event in Egypt
Telling Stories
The Revival of Quantification
AD536 – Back to Nature
Prestige and Interest
The Environmental Fall of the Roman Empire
K yle H arper . The Fate of Rome
Rituals, Collapse, and Radical Transformation in Archaic States
Fates of Romes
The New Environmental Fall of Rome
Collective Action and Adaptive Socioecological Cycles in Premodern States
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |