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Viewing the Future in the Past : Historical Ecology Applications to Environmental Issues.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (195 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781611175875
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Viewing the Future in the PastDDC classification:
  • 304.209
LOC classification:
  • GF13 .V54 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- VIEWING THE FUTURE IN THE PAST -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- How Archaeology and the Historical Sciences Can Save the World -- Diversity, Standardization, and the State: The Politics of Maize Agriculture in Postclassic Central Mexico -- From Historical Ecology to Prehistoric Economy: Modeling the Caloric Landscapes of the Past -- Feeding History: Deltaic Resilience, Inherited Practice, and Millennial-Scale Sustainability in an Urbanized Landscape -- Complexity, Rigidity, and Resilience in the Ancient Puebloan Southwest -- Soil Texture and Agricultural Resilience in the Prehistoric Southwest: Farming on Perry Mesa, Arizona -- Repairing the Damage: Reforestation and the Origins of the Modern Industrial Tree Farm -- Sustainability, Resilience, and Dependency: The Great Plains Model -- Southern Slow Foods: Ecological Awareness through Gourmet Heritage -- A Good Place: Aesthetic Pleasure and Landscape Resilience -- Variable Biodiversity from Managed Ecosystems in Long-Term Chronosequences from the Southeastern United States -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: Essays reveal how human activity has influenced ecosystems, economies, and landscapes for millenia.
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Cover -- VIEWING THE FUTURE IN THE PAST -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- How Archaeology and the Historical Sciences Can Save the World -- Diversity, Standardization, and the State: The Politics of Maize Agriculture in Postclassic Central Mexico -- From Historical Ecology to Prehistoric Economy: Modeling the Caloric Landscapes of the Past -- Feeding History: Deltaic Resilience, Inherited Practice, and Millennial-Scale Sustainability in an Urbanized Landscape -- Complexity, Rigidity, and Resilience in the Ancient Puebloan Southwest -- Soil Texture and Agricultural Resilience in the Prehistoric Southwest: Farming on Perry Mesa, Arizona -- Repairing the Damage: Reforestation and the Origins of the Modern Industrial Tree Farm -- Sustainability, Resilience, and Dependency: The Great Plains Model -- Southern Slow Foods: Ecological Awareness through Gourmet Heritage -- A Good Place: Aesthetic Pleasure and Landscape Resilience -- Variable Biodiversity from Managed Ecosystems in Long-Term Chronosequences from the Southeastern United States -- Contributors -- Index.

Essays reveal how human activity has influenced ecosystems, economies, and landscapes for millenia.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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