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The Archaeology and Historical Ecology of Small Scale Economies

The Archaeology and Historical Ecology of Small Scale Economies

by James C. Waggoner and Victor D. Thompson
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/12/2012

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Most research into humans' impact on the environment has focused on large-scale societies; a corollary assumption has been that small scale economies are sustainable and in harmony with nature. The contributors to this volume challenge this notion, revealing how such communities shaped their environment-and not always in a positive way.

Offering case studies from around the world-from Brazil to Japan, Denmark to the Rocky Mountains-the chapters empirically demonstrate the substantial transformations of the surrounding landscape made by hunter-gatherer and limited horticultural societies. Summarising previous research as well as presenting new data, this book shows that the environmental impact and legacy of societies are not always proportional their size.

Understanding that our species leaves a footprint wherever it has been leads to both a better understanding of our prehistoric past and to deeper implications for our future relationship to the world around us.
ISBN:
9780813042428
9780813042428
Category:
Environmental archaeology
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-12-2012
Language:
English
Publisher:
University Press of Florida
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
240
Dimensions (mm):
152x157x20mm
Weight:
0.45kg

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