![]() ![]() These changes, including global warming induced by human activity, have an impact on the biosphere, biodiversity, and the human environment. A body of evidence suggests that major changes to our world are occurring and involve the atmosphere and its associated climate. The massive increase in emissions of air pollutants due to economic and industrial growth in the last century has made air quality an environmental problem of the first order in a large number of regions of the world. These changes in climate and air quality have a measurable impact not only on the morbidity but also the mortality of patients with asthma and other respiratory diseases. Increased concentrations of greenhouse gases, and especially carbon dioxide (CO 2), in the atmosphere have already warmed the planet substantially, causing more severe and prolonged heat waves, variability in temperature, increased air pollution, forest fires, droughts, and floods – all of which can put the respiratory health of the public at risk. Many of these changes are considered to have negative effects on respiratory health and to enhance the frequency and severity of respiratory diseases such as asthma in the general population. Around the planet, in both developed and developing countries, environments are undergoing profound changes. The world economy has been transformed over the last 25 years with developing countries being at the core of these changes. Besides air pollution from industry derived emissions and motor vehicles, the rising trend can only be explained by gross changes in the environments where we live. The different forms of archaeology are explored, along with the techniques used for each and the challenges, concerns and issues that face archaeologists today.The prevalence of allergic airway diseases such as asthma and rhinitis has increased dramatically to epidemic proportions worldwide. The entries in this encyclopedia range from succinct summaries of specific sites and the scientific aspects of archaeological enquiry to detailed discussions of archaeological concepts, theories and methods, and from investigations into the social, ethical and political dimensions of archaeological practice to biographies of leading archaeologists from throughout the world. Most particularly, the continuous updating allowed by an online environment should ensure that the Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology is a definitive reference work for archaeology and archaeologists. The encyclopedia’s second major innovation is that it harnesses the capabilities of an online environment, enhancing both the presentation and dissemination of information. Many of these entries are by scholars who are publishing in English for the first time. Over 300,000 words have been translated from French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Japanese, Turkish and Russian. The first is that scholars were able to submit entries in their own language. The Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology has two outstanding innovations. Mostly importantly, this encyclopedia includes the knowledge of leading scholars from around the world. It includes all time periods and regions of the world and all stages of human development. It encompasses the breadth of the subject along with key aspects that are tapped from other disciplines. The 11-volume first edition provides a comprehensive and systematic coverage of archaeology that is unprecedented, not only in terms of the use of multi-media, but also in terms of content. ![]() This compendium is both a print reference and an online reference work. The second edition is currently underway, seeking to fill gaps in the first edition and to extend the work. This is the Table of Contents by topic for the 1st edition of the Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. ![]()
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