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Author : Guanghui Dong,Harry F. Lee,Ren Lele
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832535974
Author : Guanghui Dong,Jade D’Alpoim Guedes
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889762552
Author : Samuel Seuru,Benjamin Albouy
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031343360
This book offers insight into the relationship between prehistoric and protohistoric human populations and the world around them. It reconstructs key aspects of the palaeoenvironment – from large-scale drivers of environmental conditions, such as climate, to more regional variables such as vegetation cover and faunal communities. The volume underscores how computational archaeology is leading the way in the study of past human-environment interactions across spatial and chronological scales. With the increased availability of high-resolution climate models, agent-based modelling, palaeoecological proxies and the mature use of Geographic Information System in ecological modelling, archaeologists working in interdisciplinary settings are well-positioned to explore the intersection of human systems and environmental affordances and constraints. These methodological advancements provide a better understanding of the role humans played in past ecosystems – both in terms of their impact upon the environment and, in return, the impact of environmental conditions on human systems. They may also allow us to infer past ecological knowledge and land-use patterns that are historically contingent, rather than environmentally determined. This volume gathers contributions that combine reconstructions of past environments and archeological data with a view to exploring their complex interactions at different scales and invites scholars from varying disciplines and backgrounds to present and compare different modelling approaches.
Author : Michelle Goman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642368806
The Holocene is unique when compared to earlier geological time in that humans begin to alter and manipulate the natural environment to their own needs. Domestication of crops and animals and the resultant intensification of agriculture lead to profound changes in the impact humans have on the environment. Conversely, as human populations began to increase geologic and climatic factors begin to have a greater impact on civilizations. To understand and reconstruct the complex interplay between humans and the environment over the past ten thousand years requires examination of multiple differing but interconnected aspects of the environment and involves geomorphology, paleoecology, geoarchaeology and paleoclimatology. These Springer Briefs volumes examine the dynamic interplay between humans and the natural environment as reconstructed by the many and varied sub-fields of the Earth Sciences.
Author : Elizabeth A. Scharf
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Limited
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1407305824
Modern ecological studies are unable to examine long-term processes operating on the order of hundreds of years. Because of the limited length of modern and historic records, questions about long-term interactions between people and the environment can only be answered using paleoecological and archaeological information. This volume presents prehistoric records that span over a millennium to examine issues of human paleoecology on the Columbia Plateau of Washington State, USA. Unlike many previous studies, this study (1) quantifies past human population, (2) compares relative inputs of humans, climate, fire, and vegetation using multivariate statistics, (3) examines relationships between variables when leads and lags of different lengths are introduced, and (4) identifies multicollinearity, allowing variables of no unique explanatory value to be eliminated. This study indicates that research on human impacts that focuses on bivariate patterns, such as simple comparisons of coeval human population and fire, can suffer from the problem of equifinality. The multivariate statistical procedures employed in this work avoid these problems, however, and can be used in any study that employs observations taken at equally-spaced time intervals. Additionally, the protocols developed and used in this volume can be easily adapted and applied in new geographical areas-the methods and research design used need not be tied to this particular location.
Author : Daniel Contreras
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317450627
The impacts of climate change on human societies, and the roles those societies themselves play in altering their environments, appear in headlines more and more as concern over modern global climate change intensifies. Increasingly, archaeologists and paleoenvironmental scientists are looking to evidence from the human past to shed light on the processes which link environmental and cultural change. Establishing clear contemporaneity and correlation, and then moving beyond correlation to causation, remains as much a theoretical task as a methodological one. This book addresses this challenge by exploring new approaches to human-environment dynamics and confronting the key task of constructing arguments that can link the two in concrete and detailed ways. The contributors include researchers working in a wide variety of regions and time periods, including Mesoamerica, Mongolia, East Africa, the Amazon Basin, and the Island Pacific, among others. Using methodological vignettes from their own research, the contributors explore diverse approaches to human-environment dynamics, illustrating the manifold nature of the subject and suggesting a wide variety of strategies for approaching it. This book will be of interest to researchers and scholars in Archaeology, Paleoenvironmental Science, Ecology, and Geology.
Author : Orlando Cerasuolo
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781438485140
The Archaeology of Inequality explores the different aspects of social boundaries and articulation by comparing several interdisciplinary approaches for the analysis of the archaeological data, as well as actual case studies from the Prehistory to the Classical world. The book explores slavery, gender, ethnicity and economy as intersecting areas of study within the larger framework of inequality and exemplifies to what degree archaeologists can identify and analyze different patterns of inequality.
Author : Anna Maria Mercuri,Assunta Florenzano
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783039217960
The research studies included in this Special Issue highlight the fundamental contribution of the knowledge of environmental history to conscious and efficient environment conservation and management. The long-term perspective of the dynamics that govern the human–climate ecosystem is becoming one of the main focuses of interest in biological and earth system sciences. Multidisciplinary bio-geo-archaeo investigations into the underlying processes of human impact on the landscape are crucial to envisage possible future scenarios of biosphere responses to global warming and biodiversity losses. This Special Issue seeks to engage an interdisciplinary dialog on the dynamic interactions between nature and society, focusing on long-term environmental data as an essential tool for better-informed landscape management decisions to achieve an equilibrium between conservation and sustainable resource exploitation.
Author : Joy McCorriston,Julie Field
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : 050005214X
Since taking their first steps on this planet, humans have changed the environment around them. Anthropocene: A New Introduction to World Prehistory tells the comprehensive story of human prehistory through the lens of anthropogenic environmental change. Each chapter explains how and why ancient humans transformed the Earth, linking prehistory to today's greatest global challenge. As they explore this record of the world's early people and societies, authors Joy McCorriston and Julie Field reject the traditional account of cultural evolution, instead presenting a thematic organization that highlights our Anthropocene narrative. Chapters are devoted to cities and agriculture, but also to such topics as technology, extinction, food production, writing and extractivism. Chapter 9, 'Individuals and Identity, ' considers human identity and agency in more recent eras, and the book ends with a contemporary chapter that takes a hopeful look at the future.
Author : Shuangquan Zhang,Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo,Dongju Zhang,Yue Zhang
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889764228
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556034592147
Author : Jonathan Kingdon
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781408189917
Mammals of Africa (MoA) is a series of six volumes which describes, in detail, every currently recognized species of African land mammal. This is the first time that such extensive coverage has ever been attempted, and the volumes incorporate the very latest information and detailed discussion of the morphology, distribution, biology and evolution (including reference to fossil and molecular data) of Africa's mammals. With more than 1,160 species and 16-18 orders, Africa has the greatest diversity and abundance of mammals in the world. The reasons for this and the mechanisms behind their evolution are given special attention in the series. Each volume follows the same format, with detailed profiles of every species and higher taxa. The series includes hundreds of colour illustrations and pencil drawings by Jonathan Kingdon highlighting the morphology and behaviour of the species concerned, as well as line drawings of skulls and jaws by Jonathan Kingdon and Meredith Happold. Every species also includes a detailed distribution map. Edited by Jonathan Kingdon, David Happold, Tom Butynski, Mike Hoffmann, Meredith Happold and Jan Kalina, and written by more than 350 authors, all experts in their fields, Mammals of Africa is as comprehensive a compendium of current knowledge as is possible. Extensive references alert readers to more detailed information. Volume II is edited by Thomas Butynski, Jonathan Kingdon and Jan Kalina and contains profiles of 93 species of primates; this includes the great apes, Old World monkeys, lorisids and galagos.
Author : Paul A. Delcourt,Hazel R. Delcourt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2004-07-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521662703
Demonstrates the importance of prehistoric human activities in the ecology of eastern North America, and its implications for conservation today.
Author : Elizabeth Reitz,C. Margaret Scarry,Sylvia J. Scudder
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0387713964
This book highlights studies addressing significant anthropological issues in the Americas from the perspective of environmental archaeology. The book uses case studies to resolve questions related to human behavior in the past rather than to demonstrate the application of methods. Each chapter is an original or revised work by an internationally-recognized scientist. This second edition is based on the 1996 book of the same title. The editors have invited back a number of contributors from the first edition to revise and update their chapter. New studies are included in order to cover recent developments in the field or additional pertinent topics.
Author : Gwen Robbins Schug,Subhash R. Walimbe
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781119055372
A Companion to South Asia in the Past provides the definitive overview of research and knowledge about South Asia’s past, from the Pleistocene to the historic era in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, provided by a truly global team of experts. The most comprehensive and detailed scholarly treatment of South Asian archaeology and biological anthropology, providing ground-breaking new ideas and future challenges Provides an in-depth and broad view of the current state of knowledge about South Asia’s past, from the Pleistocene to the historic era in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal A comprehensive treatment of research in a crucial region for human evolution and biocultural adaptation A global team of scholars together present a varied set of perspectives on South Asian pre- and proto-history