Climatic and ecological change in the Americas : : a perspective from historical ecology / / edited by James Andrew Whitaker, Chelsey Geralda Armstrong, Guillaume Odonne.
"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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| Superior document: | New Frontiers in Historical Ecology Series |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Milton : : Taylor & Francis Group,, 2023. ©2024. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | New Frontiers in Historical Ecology Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) :; illustrations, maps. |
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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.