Archaeology of Environmental Change Socionatural Legacies of Degradation and Resilience

Name: Archaeology of Environmental Change Socionatural Legacies of Degradation and Resilience
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ISBN: 9780816514847

ISBN-10: 0816514844

ISBN-13: 9780816514847

Edition: 2009

Authors: Christopher T. Fisher, J. Brett Hill, Gary M. Feinman

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Water management, soil conservation, sustainable animal husbandry . . . because such socio-environmental challenges have been faced throughout history, lessons from the past can often inform modern policy. In this book, case studies from a wide range of times and places reveal how archaeology can contribute to a better understanding of humans' relation to the environment. The Archaeology of Environmental Change shows that the challenges facing humanity today, in terms of causing and reacting to environmental change, can be better approached through an attempt to understand how societies in the past dealt with similar circumstances. The contributors draw on archaeological research in…

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List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Publication date: 2/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.95" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Introduction: Environmental Studies for Twenty-First-Century Conservation




New Frameworks for Interpretation



The Resilience of Socioecological Landscapes: Lessons from the Hohokam




What Is an "Environmental Crisis" to an Archaeologist?




Beyond Sustainability: Managed Wetlands and Water Harvesting in Ancient Mesoamerica




Multi-dimensional Explanations



Creating a Stable Landscape: Soil Conservation and Adaptation among the Ancient Maya




Farming the Margins: On the Social Causes and Consequences of Soil-Management Strategies




The Human-Wildlife Conundrum: A View from East Africa




What Difference Does Environmental Degradation Make? Change and Its Significance in Transjordan




New Answers to Old Questions



The Earliest Residents of Cyprus: Ecological Pariahs or Harmonious Settlers?




Social Changes Triggered by the Younger Dryas and the Early Holocene Climatic Fluctuations in the Near East




Abandoning the Garden: The Population/Land Degradation Fallacy as Applied to the Lake Pï¿½tzcuaro Basin in Mexico




Hohokam and Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Agriculturalists: Maladaptive or Resilient Societies?



Conclusion


The Socionatural Connection: Closing Comments



References


About the Editors


About the Contributors


Index