Sustainability in Ancient Island Societies: An Archaeology of Human Resilience - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0813069971 ISBN 13 : 9780813069975

Editeur : University Press of Florida, 2024

Synopsis

Examining dynamic interactions between
humans and island environments

This
volume explores the impacts humans have made on island and coastal ecosystems and
the ways these environments have adapted to anthropogenic changes over the
course of millennia. Case studies highlight how island populations developed social
and political strategies to effectively manage their ecosystems, ensuring the long-term
survival of their societies and the persistence of their cultural traditions.

In
case studies from islands in the Pacific, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic, contributors
apply resilience theory, historical ecology, niche construction theory, and
human behavioral ecology to foreground Indigenous resiliency and sustainability.
Modern island and coastal societies face daunting challenges in the decades to
come, including climate change, sea level rise, and the loss of habitable lands
and heritage resources. Sustainability in
Ancient Island Societies argues that the study of past human responses to such
changes, especially practices rooted in Indigenous traditional ecological
knowledge, can inform solutions to manage these threats today.

Contributors: Rebecca
Boger Emira Ibrahimpasic Frederique Valentin Stuart Bedford Davide
Marco Zori William Jeffery Denise Elena Edith Gonzalez Mark Horrocks Anaëlle
Jallon Sophia Perdikaris Iarowoi Philip Takaronga Kuautonga Lindsey E.
Cochran Christopher Wolff Todd Braje Craig Shapiro Allison Bain Dr.
Torben C. Rick James Flexner Tim Denham Jon M. Erlandson Robert
Williams Victor D. Thompson Scott M. Fitzpatrick Julie Field Kristina
M. Gill Sandrine Grouard

A volume
in the series Society and Ecology in Island and Coastal Archaeology, edited by
Victor D. Thompson and Scott M. Fitzpatrick

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Scott M. Fitzpatrick, professor of archaeology and associate director for research and collections at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History at the University of Oregon, is the editor of Ancient Psychoactive Substances.

Jon M. Erlandson is professor emeritus of anthropology and former executive director of the Museum of Natural and Cultural History at the University of Oregon.

Kristina M. Gill is an archaeologist, archaeobotanist, and research scientist at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History at the University of Oregon. Erlandson and Gill are coeditors of An Archaeology of Abundance: Reevaluating the Marginality of California's Islands.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of Florida
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0813069971
• ISBN 13: 9780813069975
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 344
• Éditeur: Fitzpatrick Scott M., Erlandson Jon M., Gill Kristina M.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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