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Trees and woodlands of south India : archaeological perspectives /

This volume introduces the ecological history of woodland vegetation in South India. It incorporates a critical overview of the theories of ecological on the subcontinent while detailing the history of long-term changes in the tree and shrub vegetation of the Indian peninsula that have resulted from...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Asouti, Eleni
Otros Autores: Fuller, Dorian Q.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2008.
Colección:University College London Institute of Archaeology Publications.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Producing South Indian Landscapes: The Intersection of Climate, Landforms, Economies, and Environmental History; 2. Indian Forest Ecology and the Politics of Landscape Management; 3. Background to Vegetation History: Climate, Geology, and Cultural History; 4. South Indian Woodland Vegetation: Its Composition, Structure, and Dynamics; 5. An Abridged Environmental History of South India; 6. Autecology and Ethnobotany of South Indian Trees and Shrubs.