Humans and the environment : new archaeological perspectives for the twenty-first century / edited by Matthew I. J. Davies and Freda Nkirote M'Mbogori.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davies, M. I. J., 1981- editor.

M'Mbogori, Freda Nkirote, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental archaeology.

Nature--Effect of human beings on.

Nature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume resituates the way in which archaeologists use and apply the concept of the environment. Covering basic themes, such as applied environmental archaeology and the archaeology of disaster, each chapter critically explores the potential for archaeological data and practice to contribute to modern environmental issues.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; PART I: ARCHAEOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT; 1. Environment in North American and European Archaeology; 2. Environment in Soviet and Post-Soviet Archaeology; PART II: ENVIRONMENT AS ARTEFACT; 3. Indigeneity of Past Landscape Transformations of the Tropics; 4. Forced Moves or Just Good Moves? Rethinking Environmental Decision-Making among East African Intensive Cultivators

5. Is the 'Environment' Good to Eat or Good to Paint? Faunal Consumption and Avoidance among Hunter-Gatherer-Fishers in the Beagle Channel Region (Tierra del Fuego, South America)6. From Ecological Constraints To Cultural Identities: Pre-Columbian Attitudes toward Food; 7. Burning the Bush: The Development of Australia's Southwest Botanical Province; PART III: ENVIRONMENTAL NARRATIVES AND APPLIED ARCHAEOLOGY; 8. Archaeology's Potential to Contribute to Pools of Agronomic Knowledge: A Case of Applied Agro-Archaeology in the Bolivian Yungas

9. Applied Archaeology in the Andes: The Contribution of Pre-Hispanic Agricultural Terracing to Environmental and Rural Development Strategies10. The Role of Agricultural and Environmental History in East African Developmental Discourse; 11. Past and Present Farming: Changes in Terms of Engagement; PART IV: ENVIRONMENT, DISASTER AND MEMORY; 12. An Inheritance of Loss: Archaeology's Imagination of Disaster; 13. Nature, Identity, and Disaster: Prehistoric Lake Dwelling in Central Europe; 14. Memories and Expectations of Environmental Disaster: Some Lessons from the Marshall Islands

15. Climate Change and Cultural Dynamics: Lessons from the Past for the FuturePART V: NEW DIRECTIONS; 16. Archaeology and Environmental Anthropology: Collaborations in Historical and Political Ecology; 17. The Archaeology of Global Environment Change; 18. Humanized Environments; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-102993-9

0-19-191799-0

0-19-162601-5

OCLC:

868043892