Viewing the future in the past : historical ecology applications to environmental issues / edited by H. Thomas Foster II, Lisa M. Paciulli, and David J. Goldstein.
Foster, Thomas, 1970- editor.; Paciulli, Lisa M., editor.; Goldstein, David John, 1969- editor.
2016
GF13 .V54 2016eb
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Viewing the future in the past : historical ecology applications to environmental issues / edited by H. Thomas Foster II, Lisa M. Paciulli, and David J. Goldstein.
ISBN
9781611175868 (hardbound : alkaline paper)
9781611175875 (electronic book)
Published
Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (195 pages) : illustrations, maps
Call Number
GF13 .V54 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
304.209
Summary
"Viewing the Future in the Past is a collection of essays that represents a wide range of authors, loci, and subjects that together demonstrate the value and necessity of looking at environmental problems as a long-term process that involves humans as a causal factor. Editors H. Thomas Foster II, Lisa M. Paciulli, and David J. Goldstein argue that it is increasingly apparent to environmental and earth sciences experts that humans have had a profound effect on the physical, climatological, and biological Earth. Consequently, they suggest that understanding any aspect of the Earth within the last ten thousand years means understanding the density and activities of Homo sapiens. The essays reveal the ways in which archaeologists and anthropologists have devised methodological and theoretical tools and applied them to pre-Columbian societies in the New World and ancient sites in the Middle East. Some of the authors demonstrate how these tools can be useful in examining modern societies. The contributors provide evidence that past and present ecosystems, economies, and landscapes must be understood through the study of human activity over millennia and across the globe"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Foster, Thomas, 1970- editor.
Paciulli, Lisa M., editor.
Goldstein, David John, 1969- editor.
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