Descripción
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. Contributors: Victor D. Thompson - James C. Waggoner Jr - William Bal e - Nicholas H. Beale - Paulo DeBlasis - Chester B. DePratter - Paul R. Fish - Suzanne K. Fish - Maria Dulce Gaspar - Patricia A. Gilman - Junko Habu - Mark E. Hall - Tristram R. Kidder - Nicky Milner - Steven C. Pennings - Torben C. Rick - Elizabeth M. Toney - John A. Turck - Mar a Nieves Zede o
Author: Victor D. Thompson
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 03/26/2019
Pages: 246
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9780813064154
ISBN10: 0813064155
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Archaeology
- Social Science | Anthropology | General
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. Contributors: Victor D. Thompson - James C. Waggoner Jr - William Bal e - Nicholas H. Beale - Paulo DeBlasis - Chester B. DePratter - Paul R. Fish - Suzanne K. Fish - Maria Dulce Gaspar - Patricia A. Gilman - Junko Habu - Mark E. Hall - Tristram R. Kidder - Nicky Milner - Steven C. Pennings - Torben C. Rick - Elizabeth M. Toney - John A. Turck - Mar a Nieves Zede o
Author: Victor D. Thompson
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 03/26/2019
Pages: 246
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9780813064154
ISBN10: 0813064155
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Archaeology
- Social Science | Anthropology | General
About the Author
Victor D. Thompson is assistant professor at the University of Georgia. James C. Waggoner Jr. (1971-2009) conducted archaeological research in the southeastern United States.