Cultural Forests of the Amazon : A Historical Ecology of People and Their Landscapes /

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This book is a comprehensive and diverse account of how indigenous people transformed landscapes and managed resources in the most extensive region of tropical forests in the world. Until recently, most scholars and scientists, as well as the general public, thought indigenous people had a minimal i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Balee, William L., 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Traditional ecological knowledge.
Social conditions.
Rain forest ecology.
Ethnoecology.
Ecology.
Cultural landscapes.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Botany.
Urubu-Kaapor (Indiens) > Conditions sociales.
Urubu-Kaapor (Indiens) > Philosophie.
Urubu-Kaapor (Indiens) > Ethnobotanique.
Rain forest ecology > Amazon River Region.
Cultural landscapes > Amazon River Region.
Traditional ecological knowledge > Amazon River Region.
Ethnoecology > Amazon River Region.
Urubu Kaapor Indians > Social conditions.
Urubu Kaapor Indians > Philosophy.
Urubu Kaapor Indians > Ethnobotany.
Amazon River Region.
Amazon River Region > Environmental conditions.
Amazon River Region > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Landscape Transformations. Villages of Vines and Trees ; An Estimate of Anthropogenesis ; Comparison of High and Fallow Forests
  • Contact and Attrition. People of the Fallow Forest ; Vanishing Plant Names ; Conquest and Migration
  • Illustrations
  • Indigenous Savoir Faire. From Their Point of View ; Retention of Traditional Knowledge ; Confection, Inflection
  • Dimensions of Diversity. Discernment of Environmental Variation ; Rethinking the Landscape
  • Appendix I. Guajá Generic Plant Names
  • Appendix II. Trees of the Anthropogenic Forest.

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