Historical Ecology And Landscape Archaeology In Lowland South America
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Historical Ecology And Landscape Archaeology In Lowland South America
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Author : André Carlo Colonese
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-06-22
Historical Ecology And Landscape Archaeology In Lowland South America written by André Carlo Colonese and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-22 with Social Science categories.
This edited volume scrutinizes how pre-Columbian human societies have shaped and transformed lowland South America – contributing to biological and landscape diversity. This geographic area has supported human populations since at least the transition from the Pleistocene to Holocene, but the nature and scale of these interactions are matters of debate and their legacy to modern lowland environments is not fully understood. This book brings together works from distinct disciplines, including theoretical and methodological approaches on single case studies or broad regional syntheses, with no chronological constraint. The editors aim to generate a novel contribution reporting the most recent and ground-breaking research on human interactions with past environments and resources in lowland South America, from pre-Columbian to Colonial times. The volume also discusses the legacy of these past interactions and their potential contribution to informing current conservation and development agendas, providing examples of how archaeology and paleoecology can fill gaps in conservation and developmental policy. This volume will be of interest to students, archaeologists, and readers of Latin American studies.
Advances In Historical Ecology
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Author : William L. Balée
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2012-09-18
Advances In Historical Ecology written by William L. Balée and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-18 with Science categories.
Ecology is an attempt to understand the reciprocal relationship between living and nonliving elements of the earth. For years, however, the discipline either neglected the human element entirely or presumed its effect on natural ecosystems to be invariably negative. Among social scientists, notably in geography and anthropology, efforts to address this human-environment interaction have been criticized as deterministic and mechanistic. Bridging the divide between social and natural sciences, the contributors to this book use a more holistic perspective to explore the relationships between humans and their environment. Exploring short- and long-term local and global change, eighteen specialists in anthropology, geography, history, ethnobiology, and related disciplines present new perspectives on historical ecology. A broad theoretical background on the material factors central to the field is presented, such as anthropogenic fire, soils, and pathogens. A series of regional applications of this knowledge base investigates landscape transformations over time in South America, the Mississippi Delta, the Great Basin, Thailand, and India. The contributors focus on traditional societies where lands are most at risk from the incursions of complex, state-level societies. This book lays the groundwork for a more meaningful understanding of humankind's interaction with its biosphere. Scholars and environmental policymakers alike will appreciate this new critical vocabulary for grasping biocultural phenomena.
Time And Complexity In Historical Ecology
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Author : William L. Balée
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2006
Time And Complexity In Historical Ecology written by William L. Balée and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Business & Economics categories.
An important contribution to the emerging field of historical ecology, this volume illuminates the ways in which the landscape reflects human history and culture. The book combines cutting-edge research with new perspectives on the effects of human societies on the neotropical lowlands of South and Central America.
Methods In Historical Ecology
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Author : Guillaume Odonne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-10-12
Methods In Historical Ecology written by Guillaume Odonne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-12 with Ecology categories.
This book presents some of the most recent tools, methods and concepts in historical ecology. It introduces students and researchers to state of the art techniques and showcases a wide array of methods dedicated to understanding the history of tropical landscapes. The chapters cover the detection and characterization of archaeological features, living organisms as witnesses of past human activities, ethno-ecological knowledge of ancient anthropogenic landscapes, and societal impacts of historical ecology. Whilst mainly based on Amazonian experiences, the contributions aim to strengthen synergies between disciplines and to propose solutions that can be applied elsewhere in the field.
Islands In The Rainforest
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Author : Stéphen Rostain
language : en
Publisher: Left Coast Press
Release Date : 2012-11-15
Islands In The Rainforest written by Stéphen Rostain and has been published by Left Coast Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-15 with History categories.
Covers the area between the Amazon and Orinoco rivers, the Cassiquiare Canal, and the Atlantic Ocean (Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, parts of Brazil, parts of Venezuela).
Beyond Waters Archaeology And Environmental History Of The Amazonian Inland
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Beyond Waters Archaeology And Environmental History Of The Amazonian Inland written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
Handbook Of South American Archaeology
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Author : Helaine Silverman
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2008-04-06
Handbook Of South American Archaeology written by Helaine Silverman and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-06 with Social Science categories.
Perhaps the contributions of South American archaeology to the larger field of world archaeology have been inadequately recognized. If so, this is probably because there have been relatively few archaeologists working in South America outside of Peru and recent advances in knowledge in other parts of the continent are only beginning to enter larger archaeological discourse. Many ideas of and about South American archaeology held by scholars from outside the area are going to change irrevocably with the appearance of the present volume. Not only does the Handbook of South American Archaeology (HSAA) provide immense and broad information about ancient South America, the volume also showcases the contributions made by South Americans to social theory. Moreover, one of the merits of this volume is that about half the authors (30) are South Americans, and the bibliographies in their chapters will be especially useful guides to Spanish and Portuguese literature as well as to the latest research. It is inevitable that the HSAA will be compared with the multi-volume Handbook of South American Indians (HSAI), with its detailed descriptions of indigenous peoples of South America, that was organized and edited by Julian Steward. Although there are heroic archaeological essays in the HSAI, by the likes of Junius Bird, Gordon Willey, John Rowe, and John Murra, Steward states frankly in his introduction to Volume Two that “arch- ology is included by way of background” to the ethnographic chapters.
The Oxford Handbook Of Historical Ecology And Applied Archaeology
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Author : Christian Isendahl
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-01-10
The Oxford Handbook Of Historical Ecology And Applied Archaeology written by Christian Isendahl and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-10 with Social Science categories.
The Oxford Handbook of Historical Ecology and Applied Archaeology presents theoretical discussions, methodological outlines, and case-studies describing the field of overlap between historical ecology and the emerging sub-discipline of applied archaeology to highlight how modern environments and landscapes have been shaped by humans. Historical ecology is based on the recognition that humans are not only capable of modifying their environments, but that all environments on earth have already been directly or indirectly modified. This includes anthropogenic climate change, widespread deforestations, and species extinctions, but also very local alterations, the effects of which may last a few years, or may have legacies lasting centuries or more. With contributions from anthropologists, archaeologists, human geographers, and historians, this volume focuses not just on defining human impacts in the past, but on the ways that understanding these changes can help inform contemporary practices and development policies. Some chapters present examples of how ancient or current societies have modified their environments in sustainable ways, while others highlight practices that had unintended long-term consequences. The possibilities of learning from these practices are discussed, as is the potential of using the long history of human resource exploitation as a method for building or testing models of future change. The volume offers overviews for students, researchers, and professionals with an interest in conservation or development projects who want to understand what practical insights can be drawn from history, and who seek to apply their work to contemporary issues.
Issues And Concepts In Historical Ecology
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Author : Carole L. Crumley
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018
Issues And Concepts In Historical Ecology written by Carole L. Crumley 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 with History categories.
This book presents a practical, holistic research framework to help us both understand our past and build an appealing human future.
The Archaeology And Historical Ecology Of Small Scale Economies
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Author : Victor D. Thompson
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2019-03-01
The Archaeology And Historical Ecology Of Small Scale Economies written by Victor D. Thompson and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-01 with Social Science categories.
Most research into humans' impact on the environment has focused on large-scale societies; a corollary assumption has been that small scale economies are sustainable and in harmony with nature. The contributors to this volume challenge this notion, revealing how such communities shaped their environment—and not always in a positive way. Offering case studies from around the world—from Brazil to Japan, Denmark to the Rocky Mountains—the chapters empirically demonstrate the substantial transformations of the surrounding landscape made by hunter-gatherer and limited horticultural societies. Summarizing previous research as well as presenting new data, this book shows that the environmental impact and legacy of societies are not always proportional their size. Understanding that our species leaves a footprint wherever it has been leads to both a better understanding of our prehistoric past and to deeper implications for our future relationship to the world around us.
