Time and complexity in historical ecology : studies in the neotropical lowlands /

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This collection of studies by anthropologists, botanists, ecologists, and biologists is an important contribution to the emerging field of historical ecology. The book combines cutting-edge research with new perspectives to emphasize the close relationship between humans and their natural environmen...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Symposium on Neotropical Historical Ecology Tulane University
Other Authors: Balée, William L., 1954-, Erickson, Clark L.
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2006.
Series:Historical ecology series.
Subjects:
Human ecology > Latin America > Congresses.
Human ecology > Tropics > Congresses.
Rain forest ecology > Latin America > Congresses.
Ethnobiology > Latin America > Congresses.
Agriculture > Tropics > Congresses.
Land use > Latin America > Congresses.
Landscape changes > Latin America > Congresses.
Écologie humaine > Amérique latine > Congrès.
Écologie humaine > Régions tropicales > Congrès.
Écologie des forêts pluviales > Amérique latine > Congrès.
Ethnobiologie > Amérique latine > Congrès.
Agriculture > Régions tropicales > Congrès.
Utilisation du sol > Amérique latine > Congrès.
Paysages > Modifications > Amérique latine > Congrès.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Agriculture
Ethnobiology
Human ecology
Land use
Landscape changes
Rain forest ecology
Latin America
Tropics
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This collection of studies by anthropologists, botanists, ecologists, and biologists is an important contribution to the emerging field of historical ecology. The book combines cutting-edge research with new perspectives to emphasize the close relationship between humans and their natural environment. Contributors examine how alterations in the natural world mirror human cultures, societies, and languages. Treating the landscape like a text, these researchers decipher patterns and meaning in the Ecuadorian Andes, Amazonia, the desert coast of Peru, and other regions in the neotropi.
Item Description:Papers originally presented at the Symposium on Neotropical Historical Ecology at the Neotropical Ecology Institute of Tulane University in October 2002.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 417 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0231509618
9780231509619

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