Drained Field Agriculture In Central And South America
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Drained Field Agriculture In Central And South America
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Author : J. P. Darch
language : en
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Release Date : 1983
Drained Field Agriculture In Central And South America written by J. P. Darch and has been published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Social Science categories.
Archaeology Of Ancient Mexico And Central America
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Author : Susan Toby Evans
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2001
Archaeology Of Ancient Mexico And Central America written by Susan Toby Evans and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Archaeology categories.
This reference is devoted to the pre-Columbian archaeology of the Mesoamerican culture area, one of the six cradles of early civilization. It features in-depth articles on the major cultural areas of ancient Mexico and Central America; coverage of important sites, including the world-renowned discoveries as well as many lesser-known locations; articles on day-to-day life of ancient peoples in these regions; and several bandw regional and site maps and photographs. Entries are arranged alphabetically and cover introductory archaeological facts (flora, fauna, human growth and development, nonorganic resources), chronologies of various periods (Paleoindian, Archaic, Formative, Classic and Postclassic, and Colonial), cultural features, Maya, regional summaries, research methods and resources, ethnohistorical methods and sources, and scholars and research history. Edited by archaeologists Evans and Webster, both of whom are associated with Pennsylvania State University. c. Book News Inc.
Islands In The Rainforest
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Author : Stéphen Rostain
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-12-05
Islands In The Rainforest written by Stéphen Rostain and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-05 with Social Science categories.
Stéphen Rostain’s book is a culmination of 25 years of research on the extensive human modification of the wetlands environment of Guiana and how it reshapes our thinking of ancient settlement in lowland South America and other tropical zones. Rostain demonstrates that populations were capable of developing intensive raised-field agriculture, which supported significant human density, and construct causeways, habitation mounds, canals, and reservoirs to meet their needs. The work is comparative in every sense, drawing on ethnology, ethnohistory, ecology, and geography; contrasting island Guiana with other wetland regions around the world; and examining millennia of pre-Columbian settlement and colonial occupation alike. Rostain’s work demands a radical rethinking of conventional wisdom about settlement in tropical lowlands and landscape management by its inhabitants over the course of millennia.
Forest Field And Fallow
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Author : Antoinette M.G.A. WinklerPrins
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-01-12
Forest Field And Fallow written by Antoinette M.G.A. WinklerPrins and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-12 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This volume aims to present the essential work of geographer and historical ecologist William M. Denevan to explain the impact and influence his thinking had on the conceptual advancement not only in his own discipline, but in a range of related disciplines such as anthropology, archaeology, and environmental history. The book is organized around eight themes, demonstrating Denevan’s early and profound insights on topics that remain of current relevance today, and the scholarly impact his writing had on subsequent scholarship. The book is unique because it offers commentary from active scholars who address the impacts of Prof. Denevan's thinking and work on contemporary environmental and ecological issues, with a focus on several groundbreaking themes (e.g. historical demography, agricultural landforms, cultural plant geography, human environmental impacts, indigenous agro-ecology, tropical agriculture, livestock and landscape, and synthetic contributions). This book will be of interest to a range of scholars in geography, anthropology, archaeology, history, and ecology, as well as to environmental managers and practitioners, especially those working for non-profit organizations and government organizations tasked with finding ways to adapt to global environmental change.
Through Amazonian Eyes
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Author : Emilio F. Moran
language : en
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Release Date : 1993-08
Through Amazonian Eyes written by Emilio F. Moran and has been published by University of Iowa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-08 with Nature categories.
In this well-written, comprehensive, reasonable yet passionate volume, Emilio Moran introduces us to the range of human and ecological diversity in the Amazon Basin. By describing the complex heterogeneity on the Amazon's ecological mosaic and its indigenous populations' conscious adaptations to this diversity, he leads us to realize that there are strategies of resource use which do not destroy the structure and function of ecosystems. Finally, and most important, he examines ways in which we might benefit from the study of human ecology to design and implement a balance between conservation and use.
Inventing Indigenous Knowledge
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Author : Lynn Swartley
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-10-24
Inventing Indigenous Knowledge written by Lynn Swartley and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-24 with Social Science categories.
This volume provides a multi-sited and multivocalic investigation of the dynamic social, political and economic processes in the creation and implementation of an agricultural development project. The raised field rehabilitation project attempted to introduce a pre-Columbian agricultural method into the contemporary Lake Titicaca Basin.
Colonialism And Landscape
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Author : Andrew Sluyter
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2002
Colonialism And Landscape written by Andrew Sluyter and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Business & Economics categories.
Spurred by the dramatic landscape transformation associated with European colonization of the Americas, this work creates a prototype theory to explain relationships between colonialism and landscape.
The Conversion To Sustainable Agriculture
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Author : Stephen R. Gliessman
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2009-12-21
The Conversion To Sustainable Agriculture written by Stephen R. Gliessman and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-21 with Nature categories.
With all of the environmental and social problems confronting our food systems today, it is apparent that none of the strategies we have relied on in the pasthigher-yielding varieties, increased irrigation, inorganic fertilizers, pest damage reductioncan be counted on to come to the rescue. In fact, these solutions are now part of the problem. It i
The Archaeology Of Imperial Landscapes
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Author : Bleda S. Düring
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018-03-29
The Archaeology Of Imperial Landscapes written by Bleda S. Düring and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-29 with History categories.
This book examines the poorly understood transformations in rural landscapes and societies that formed the backbone of ancient empires.
Integrated Land Change Science And Tropical Deforestation In The Southern Yucatan
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Author : B. L. Turner II
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2004-02-19
Integrated Land Change Science And Tropical Deforestation In The Southern Yucatan written by B. L. Turner II and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-02-19 with Science categories.
This highly topical study of tropical deforestation in Mexico reports on the first phase of the Land-Cover and Land-Use Change in the Southern Yucatan Peninsular Region Project (LCLUC-SYPR): a large, multi-institutional, and team-based study designed to understand and project land changes in a development frontier that pits the rapidly growing needs of smallholder farmers to cut down forests for cultivation against federally sponsored initiatives committed to various international programmes of forest preservation and complementary economic programmes. The SYPR project is a response to inderdisciplinary defined research themes deemed critical to global environmental change and complementary international research agendas (e.g. environment and development, ecosystem assessment, biotic diversity). Pivotal among these agendas are those posed by the Land-Use/Cover Change (LUCC) effort of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme and the International Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Programme as it is linked through such US sponsors as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The themes (i.e. questions and subjects) posed by these programmes and organization are 'integrated' or 'synthesis' in kind, meaning that they rest within the intersection of formal disciplines and are intended to fit into a larger, systems framework about human-environment relationships and the structure and function of the biosphere. The editors of this volume, as most of its contributors, come from the disciplines of geography, ecology, and economics. The lead editor, the geographer B. L. Turner II, has spent most of his career in pursuit of understanding different aspects of tropical deforestation and agriculture.