Time and complexity in historical ecology: studies in the neotropical lowlands
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Corporate Author: Symposium on Neotropical Historical Ecology (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Columbia University Press c2006
Series:The historical ecology series
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Online Access:DE-1043
DE-1046
DE-858
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Papers originally presented at the Symposium on Neotropical Historical Ecology at the Neotropical Ecology Institute of Tulane University in October 2002
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 neotropics. They show
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 417 p)
ISBN:9780231509619

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