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The Archaeology and Historical Ecology of Small Scale Economies
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The Archaeology and Historical Ecology of Small Scale Economies
About this book
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 environmentāand not always in a positive way.
Offering case studies from around the worldāfrom Brazil to Japan, Denmark to the Rocky Mountainsāthe 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.
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Publisher
University Press of FloridaYear
2019Print ISBN
9780813064154
9780813042428
eBook ISBN
9780813063911
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Whispers on the Landscape
- Part I. Case Studies
- Part II. Comments and Considerations
- Works Cited
- List of Contributors
- Index
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Yes, you can access The Archaeology and Historical Ecology of Small Scale Economies by Victor D. Thompson,James C. Waggoner Jr. in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Anthropology. We have over 1.5 million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.