Historical Ecology: Cultural Knowledge and Changing Landscapes

Abstract

Historical ecology - a multidimensional ecological orientation, Carole L. Crumley concepts in historical ecology - the view from evolutionary theory, Bruce P. Winterhalder tracking & testing the nature/culture dichotomy in practice, Alice E. Ingerson global climate & regional biocultural diversity, Joel D. Gunn historical ecology & landscape transformation in eastern Equatorial Africa, Peter R. Schmidt management for extinction in Norse Greenland, Thomas H. McGovern population ecology & civilization in Ancient Egypt, Fekri A. Hassan the ecology of conquest - contrasting agropastoral & agricultural societies' adaptation to climatic change, Carole L. Crumley the role of archaeology in raising environmental consciousness - an example from Southwest Florida, William H. Marquardt towards a properly historical ecology, Thomas C. Patterson epilogue, Carole L. Crumley. Appendix: Santa Fe Accord.