Viewing the future in the past : : historical ecology applications to environmental issues / / edited by H. Thomas Foster II, Lisa M. Paciulli, and David J. Goldstein.

"Viewing the Future in the Past is a collection of essays that represents a wide range of authors, loci, and subjects that together demonstrate the value and necessity of looking at environmental problems as a long-term process that involves humans as a causal factor. Editors H. Thomas Foster I...

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Place / Publishing House:Columbia, South Carolina : : The University of South Carolina Press,, [2016]
2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (195 pages) :; illustrations, maps
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Table of Contents:
  • How Archaeology and the Historical Sciences Can Save the World / H. Thomas Foster II, David J. Goldstein, and Lisa M. Paciulli
  • Diversity, Standardization, and the State : The Politics of Maize Agriculture in Postclassic Central Mexico / Christopher T. Morehart
  • From Historical Ecology to Prehistoric Economy : Modeling the Caloric Landscapes of the Past / Thomas G. Whitley
  • Feeding History : Deltaic Resilience, Inherited Practice, and Millennial-Scale Sustainability in an Urbanized Landscape / Carrie A. Hritz and Jennifer R. Pournelle
  • Complexity, Rigidity, and Resilience in the Ancient Puebloan Southwest / R. Kyle Bocinsky and Timothy A. Kohler
  • Soil Texture and Agricultural Resilience in the Prehistoric Southwest : Farming on Perry Mesa, Arizona / Katherine A. Spielmann, Sharon J. Hall, Melissa R. Kruse-Peeples, Dana K. Nakase, and Jolene E. Trujillo
  • Repairing the Damage : Reforestation and the Origins of the Modern Industrial Tree Farm / Emily K. Brock
  • Sustainability, Resilience, and Dependency : The Great Plains Model / Sebastian F. Braun
  • Southern Slow Foods : Ecological Awareness through Gourmet Heritage / Sarah L. Quick
  • A Good Place : Aesthetic Pleasure and Landscape Resilience / Amanda B. Tickner
  • Variable Biodiversity from Managed Ecosystems in Long-Term Chronosequences from the Southeastern United States / H. Thomas Foster II.