Advances in Historical Ecology
- ISBN-10
- 0231106335
- ISBN-13
- 9780231106337
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 429
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Author
- William L. Balée
Description
Bridging the divide between social and natural sciences, the contributors to this book use a holistic perspective to explore the relationships between humans and their environment. Exploring short- and long-term local and global change, eighteen specialists in anthropology, geography, history, ethnobiology, and related disciplines present new perspectives on historical ecology. The contributors focus on traditional societies where lands are most at risk from the incursions of complex, state-level societies.
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