Climate and Culture Change in North America AD 900-1600

This audiobook explores the long-term cycles of climate change and their profound influence on the cultural history of Native American societies in North America. By examining evidence from archaeological sites across the Southwest, Southern Plains, and Southeast, it reveals how periods like the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age shaped population growth, agriculture, and monumental architecture. The narrative charts the rise of major cultural centers and their subsequent decline, highlighting the deep connection between environmental shifts and societal development over seven centuries.