Description
Exploring the relationship between Native Americans and the natural world, Biodiversity and Native America questions the widespread view that indigenous peoples had minimal ecological impact in North America. Introducing a variety of perspectives - ethnopharmacological, ethnographic, archaeological, and biological - this volume shows that Native Americans were active managers of natural ecological systems. The book covers groups from the sophisticated agriculturalists of the Mississippi River drainage region to the low-density hunter-gatherers of arid western North America.
This book allows readers to develop accurate restoration, management, and conservation models through a thorough knowledge of native peoples' ecological history and dynamics. It also illustrates how indigenous peoples affected environmental patterns and processes, improving crop diversity and agricultural patterns.
Author: Paul E. Minnis
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 08/15/2001
Pages: 310
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.42w x 0.71d
ISBN13: 9780806133454
ISBN10: 0806133457
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | General
- History | Indigenous Peoples in the Americas
- Science | Life Sciences | Ecology