Early Earthquakes of the Americas

Review of the hardback: '... a very companionable initiation into the complexities of teasing out meaningful information on early earthquake experience in the Western Hemisphere. It will serve as a stimulus for anyone who is interested in, and prepared to tackle, the difficult challenges of unravelling the earthquake past in the particular and special circumstances of the Americas.' Geoscientist Review of the hardback: '... entertaining, intellectually satisfying, and certainly not short on factual and physical detail.' James F. Ni, New Mexico State University 'Review of the hardback: The book is of interest not only to seismologists, but also to those interested in the early history of those regions.' Journal of Seismology Review of the hardback: '... [a] scholarly, measured and well illustrated account ... historians and geophysicists will stand to gain more from an archaeoseismology that is free of geophysical prejudice. This book will undoubtedly accelerate this process.' Journal of Paleolimnology 'Sleuthing out the occurrence of prehistoric earthquakes has a practical value. It provides data about the frequency and intensity of earthquakes along known faults, improving the understanding of the risks there. So it's an area of serious, important academic pursuit. But it's also way cool. And its especially cool when piecing together the prehistoric earthquakes of the Americas which, Robert Kovach points out, are often shrouded in the myth and mystery of the early people here ... All of this and more is included in this interesting volume that digs deeply into the earthquake history of the Americas over the last five hundred years or so.' Dan Whipple, The Observer Early Earthquakes of the Americas is entertaining, intellectually satisfying, and certainly not short on factual and physical detail. James F. Ni, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces Well written, clear, and concise and is well worth reading for those with an interest in earethquakes and the impacts of natural disasters on indigenous peoples of the Americas. Canadian Journal of Archaeology Sleuthing out the occurrence of prehistoric earthquakes has a practical value. It provides data about the frequency and intensity of earthquakes along known faults, improving the understanding of the risks there. So it's an area of serious, important academic pursuit. But it's also way cool. And its especially cool when piecing together the prehistoric earthquakes of the Americas which, Robert Kovach points out, are often shrouded in the myth and mystery of the early people here ... All of this and more is included in this interesting volume that digs deeply into the earthquake history of the Americas over the last five hundred years or so. Dan Whipple, The Observer