There has long been controversy between ecologists and archaeologists over the role of prehistoric Native Americans as agents of ecological change. Using ecological and archaeological data from the woodlands of eastern North America, Paul and Hazel Delcourt show that Holocene human ecosystems are complex adaptive systems in which humans have interacted with the environment on a series of spatial and time scales. Their work therefore has important implications for the conservation of biological diversity and for ecological restoration today, making it of great interest to ecologists and archaeologists alike.
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"A wealth of information is packed into this small book, and it should be essential reading even for scholars skeptical of the panarchical perspective, those who may think the impact of early and mid-Holocene burning is overlooked, or those who believe the Delcourts exaggerate the negative effects of late pre-Columbian agricultural societies. The writing is clear and engaging, and the figures summarize complex data ingeniously."
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There has long been controversy between ecologists and archaeologists over the role of prehistoric Native Americans as agents of ecological change. Using ecological and archaeological data from the woodlands of eastern North America, Paul and Hazel Delcourt show that Holocene human ecosystems are complex adaptive systems in which humans have interacted with the environment on a series of spatial and time scales. Their work therefore has important implications for the conservation of biological diversity and for ecological restoration today. It will be a thought-provoking read for ecologists and archaeologists alike.
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This review is from: Prehistoric Native Americans and Ecological Change: Human Ecosystems in Eastern North America since the Pleistocene (Cambridge Studies in Ecology) (Hardcover)
For anyone interested in the migration of early populations to the North and South American continents, this book is very satisfying. There are some minor problems noted, but overall, the beringia land theory of migration is pretty much set aside in favor of other routes. This book is very technical, over my head in quite a few spots, but it is obvious that this book emerged from years and various disciplines of research. I found myself agreeing with them on a number of points and allowing my own project of Indian environmentalism to go in new directions.
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The concept of the Native American as "noble savage," living in harmony with nature, stems largely from the writings of the French philosopher, Rousseau, who lived from AD 1712 to 1778. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
panarchical level, panarchical collapse, prehistoric human ecosystems, ethnobotanical samples, intermediate disturbance regime, estate settlers, transient explorers, mast nuts, deglaciated landscapes, rockshelter sites, vacant quarter, adaptive cycles, traditional ecological knowledge, paleoecological evidence, floodplain sites, marsh elder, resource patches, interglacial interval, seasonal contrast, paleoecological record, megafaunal extinctions, cultural period, stream terraces, forest fragmentation, plant domestication Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, Native Americans, American Bottom, Little Tennessee River Valley, United States, New World, Mississippi River, Eastern Agricultural Complex, Crawford Lake, Crowleys Ridge, European American, Late Woodland, Cumberland Plateau, Eastern Woodlands, Atlantic Seaboard, Central Mississippi Valley, Fall Line, South America, Central Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Cliff Palace Pond, Early Paleoindian, Middle Archaic, North Atlantic Ocean, Old World, Western Lowlands New!
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The concept of the Native American as "noble savage," living in harmony with nature, stems largely from the writings of the French philosopher, Rousseau, who lived from AD 1712 to 1778. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
panarchical level, panarchical collapse, prehistoric human ecosystems, ethnobotanical samples, intermediate disturbance regime, estate settlers, transient explorers, mast nuts, deglaciated landscapes, rockshelter sites, vacant quarter, adaptive cycles, traditional ecological knowledge, paleoecological evidence, floodplain sites, marsh elder, resource patches, interglacial interval, seasonal contrast, paleoecological record, megafaunal extinctions, cultural period, stream terraces, forest fragmentation, plant domestication Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, Native Americans, American Bottom, Little Tennessee River Valley, United States, New World, Mississippi River, Eastern Agricultural Complex, Crawford Lake, Crowleys Ridge, European American, Late Woodland, Cumberland Plateau, Eastern Woodlands, Atlantic Seaboard, Central Mississippi Valley, Fall Line, South America, Central Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Cliff Palace Pond, Early Paleoindian, Middle Archaic, North Atlantic Ocean, Old World, Western Lowlands New!
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- Quaternary Extinctions: A Prehistoric Revolution by Paul S. Martin on 6 pages
- Mississippian Settlement Patterns (Studies in Archeology) by Bruce D. Smith on 4 pages
- Corn and Culture in the Prehistoric New World (University of Minnesota Publications in Anthropology, No 5) by Sissel Johannessen on 4 pages
- Native Americans by Suzanne Morgan Williams on 4 pages
- People, Plants, and Landscapes: Studies in Paleoethnobotany by Kristen J. Gremillion on 4 pages
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