Climatic and ecological change in the Americas : a perspective from historical ecology /
"This book offers a comparative analysis of the experiences, responses, and adaptations of people to climate variability and environmental change across the Americas. It foregrounds historical ecology as a structural framework for understanding the climate change crisis throughout the region an...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2024.
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Series: | New frontiers in historical ecology.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- "Open the Floodgates of Heaven": Amazonian Climate Change in Pre-Columbian Times
- The Milpa Cycle as a Sustainable Ecological Resource
- Confronting Climatic Instability in Coastal California Through the Lens of Archaeology and Historical Ecology
- Indigenous People Prevented Climate-Induced Ecological Change for Millennia: Evidence from the Prairie Peninsula and Fire-Loving Forests of Eastern North America
- Indigenous Land Use and Fire Resilience of Southwest USA Ponderosa Pine Forests
- Different Relational Models have Shaped the Biocultural Conservation over Time of Araucaria araucana Forests and Their People
- Ancient and Ongoing Land-Use as Climate Change Mitigation in Ts'msyen, Heiltsuk, and Wuikinuxv Homelands
- Clam Gardens Across Generations and Places Support Social-Ecological Resilience to Global Change
- Ancient Knowledge, Future Wisdom: Archaeological Perspectives of Caribbean Coastal Food and Habitat Security during Times of Climate Crises
- Whose Climate Change Is It? A Thousand-Year Example of Kali'na Responses to Shifting Coastal Landscapes in the Lower Maroni River
- Long-Term Ecological and Climate Changes through Amazonian Indigenous Oral Histories
- Owning Climate Change among the Makushi and Akawaio
- Postface.