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Cultivated Landscapes of Native Amazonia and the Andes

By: William M. Denevan

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Cultivated Landscapes of Native Amazonia and the Andes

By: William M. Denevan

Cultivated Landscapes of Native Amazonia and the Andes examines Indian agriculture in South America. The focus is on field types and field technologies, including agricultural landforms such as terraces, canals, and drained fields, which have persisted for hundreds of years. What emerges is a picture of mostly successful indigenous farming practices in difficult environments--rain forests, savannahs, swamps, rugged mountains, and deserts.

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0199257698

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Time and Complexity in Historical Ecology

Studies in the Neotropical Lowlands

By: William Balée,Clark L. Erickson

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Time and Complexity in Historical Ecology

Studies in the Neotropical Lowlands

By: William Balée,Clark L. Erickson

This collection of studies by anthropologists, botanists, ecologists, and biologists is an important contribution to the emerging field of historical ecology. The book combines cutting-edge research with new perspectives to emphasize the close relationship between humans and their natural environment. Contributors examine how alterations in the natural world mirror human cultures, societies, and languages. Treating the landscape like a text, these researchers decipher patterns and meaning in the Ecuadorian Andes, Amazonia, the desert coast of Peru, and other regions in the neotropics. They show how local peoples have changed the landscape over time to fit their needs by managing and modifying species diversity, enhancing landscape heterogeneity, and controlling ecological disturbance. In turn, the environment itself becomes a form of architecture rich with historical and archaeological significance. Time and Complexity in Historical Ecology explores thousands of years of ecological history while also addressing important contemporary issues, such as biodiversity and genetic variation and change. Engagingly written and expertly researched, this book introduces and exemplifies a unique method for better understanding the link between humans and the biosphere.

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Columbia University Press

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0231509618

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9780231509619

Human Ecology As Human Behavior

Essays in Environmental and Development Anthropology

By: John William Bennett

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Human Ecology As Human Behavior

Essays in Environmental and Development Anthropology

By: John William Bennett

Human interaction with the natural environment has a dual character. By turning increasing quantities of natural substances into physical resources, human beings might be said to have freed themselves from the constraints of low-technology survival pressures. However, the process has generated a new dependence on nature in the form of complex "socionatural systems", as Bennett calls them, in which human society and behavior are so interlocked with the management of the environment that small changes in the systems can lead to disaster. Bennett's essays cover a wide range: from the philosophy of environmentalism to the ecology of economic development; from the human impact on semi-arid lands to the ecology of Japanese forest management. This expanded paperback edition includes a new chapter on the role of anthropology in economic development. Bennett's essays exhibit an underlying pessimism: if human behavior toward the physical environment is the distinctive cause of environmental abuse, then reform of current management practices offers only temporary relief; that is, conservationism, like democracy, must be continually reaffirmed. Clearly presented and free of jargon, Human Ecology as Human Behavior will be of interest to anthropologists, economists, and environmentalists.

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Transaction Publishers

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1412825628

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9781412825627

Essentials of Western Civilization

A History of European Society

By: Steven C. Hause,William S. Maltby

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Essentials of Western Civilization

A History of European Society

By: Steven C. Hause,William S. Maltby

This text will appeal to instructors who want a brief, balanced text that integrates the social as well as political history of western civilization. The many historical documents and statistical tables incorporated into the text enhance the discussion of everyday life among rich and poor and men, women, and children through all periods of European history. As they learn about kingdoms, intellectual movements, and the fine arts, students will also discover much about famous and ordinary people, their family life, sexuality, life expectancy, and daily concerns.

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Cengage Learning

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0534578713

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9780534578718

Cultivated Landscapes of Native Amazonia and the Andes

By: William M. Denevan

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Book's by William M. Denevan

Cultivated Landscapes of Native Amazonia and the Andes

Cultivated Landscapes of Native Amazonia and the Andes

Time and Complexity in Historical Ecology

Time and Complexity in Historical Ecology

Human Ecology As Human Behavior

Human Ecology As Human Behavior

Essentials of Western Civilization

Essentials of Western Civilization

Cultivated Landscapes of Native Amazonia and the Andes

Cultivated Landscapes of Native Amazonia and the Andes

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