“…Collectively, the small size and isolation limited ecosystem diversity, as shorter shorelines, fewer reefs, and smaller inland areas reduced foraging possibilities. Here we introduce and synthesize the results of our team whose research focused specifically on how paleoenvironmental conditions facilitated and/or challenged human arrival (Kuzmicheva et al, 2019; Persico et al, 2018), how frequently geologic hazards imposed cultural responses (Okuno et al, 2017; Griswold et al, 2018), how people sustained themselves between and during hazardous events (Admiraal et al, 2018; Persico et al, 2018; Johnson, 2018; Rojek and Williams, 2018; Krylovich et al, 2019; Kuzmicheva et al, 2019; Vasyukov et al, 2019), and the duration of the hazardous impact in the archaeological record (Hatfield et al 2016; Krylovich et al, 2019).…”