The Oxford Handbook of Historical Ecology and Applied Archaeology (Oxford Handbooks)

« Historical ecology is based on the recognition that humans are not only capable of modifying their environments, but that all environments on earth have already been directly or indirectly modified. This Handbook provides examples of how people interact with their environments and presents outlines of the methods used to understand these changes. »--[Source inconnue] Cover The Oxford Handbook of Historical Ecology and Applied Archaeology Copyright Contents List of Contributors Introduction: The Construction of the Present through the Reconstruction of the Past Part I Potential and Pitfalls 1. New Paths into the Anthropocene: Applying Historical Ecologies to the Human Future 2. Thinking Like an Archaeologist and Thinking Like an Engineer: A Utilitarian-​Perspective Archaeology 3. Expedience, Impermanence, and Unplanned Obsolescence: The Coming-​About of Agricultural Features and Landscapes 4. Just How Long Does ‘Long-​Term’ Have to Be? Matters of Temporal Scale as Impediments to Interdisciplinary Understanding in Historical Ecology 5. Archaeology, Historical Sciences, and Environmental Conservation 6. Landscaping, Landscape Legacies, and Landesque Capital in Pre-​Columbian Amazonia 7. Integrating Geoarchaeology with Archaeology for Interdisciplinary Understanding of Societal–​Environmental Relations Part II Approaches and Applications 8. Digging for Indigenous Knowledge: ‘Reverse Engineering’ and Stratigraphic Sequencing as a Potential Archaeological Contribution to Sustainability Assessments 9. Linking the Past and Present of the Ancient Maya: Lowland Land Use, Population Distribution, and Density in the Late Classic Period 10. Paleozoology Is Valuable to Conservation Biology 11. Historic Molecules Connect the Past to Modern Conservation 12. Community and Conservation: Documenting Millennial Scale Sustainable Resource Use at Lake Mývatn, Iceland 13. Soils, Plants, and Texts: An Archaeologist’s Toolbox 14. Grappling with Interpreting and Testing People–​Landscape Dynamics 15. From Narratives to Algorithms: Extending Archaeological Explanation beyond Archaeology 16. Growing the Ancient Maya Social-​Ecological System from the Bottom Up 17. Wells, Land, and History: Archaeology and Rural Development in Southern Africa 18. Participatory Checking and the Temporality of Landscapes: Increasing Trust and Relevance in Qualitative Research 19. Freelisting as a Tool for Assessing Cognitive Realities of Landscape Transformation: A Case Study from Amazonia Part III Reviving Past Technologies 20. A 1980 Attempt at Reviving Ancient Irrigation Practices in the Pacific: Rationale, Failure, and Success 21. The Invisible Landscape: The Etruscan Cuniculi of Tuscania as a Determinant of Present-​Day Landscape and a Valuable Tool for Sustainable Water Management 22. The Rehabilitation of Pre-​Hispanic Agricultural Infrastructure to Support Rural Development in the Peruvian Andes: The Work of the Cusichaca Trust 23. Applied Archaeology in the Americas: Evaluating Archaeological Solutions to the Impacts of Global Environmental Change 24. Indigenous Technologies, Archaeology, and Rural Development in the Andes: Three Decades of Trials in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru Part IV Bridging the Past and Present 25. Quality of Life and Prosperity in Ancient Households and Communities 26. Applied Perspectives on Pre-​Columbian Maya Water Management Systems: What Are the Insights for Water Security? 27. Beyond Rhetoric: Towards a Framework for an Applied Historical Ecology of Urban Planning 28. Culture, Power, History: Implications for Understanding Global Environmental Change 29. Energy Gain and the Evolution of Organization Part V Conclusion 30. Conclusion: Anthropocentric Historical Ecology, Applied Archaeology, and the Future of a Usable Past Index The Oxford Handbook of Historical Ecology and Applied Archaeology presents theoretical discussions, methodological outlines, and case-studies describing the field of overlap between historical ecology and the emerging sub-discipline of applied archaeology to highlight how modern environments and landscapes have been shaped by humans. Historical ecology is based on the recognition that humans are not only capable of modifying their environments, but that all environments on earth have already been directly or indirectly modified. This includes anthropogenic climate change, widespread deforestations, and species extinctions, but also very local alterations, the effects of which may last a few years, or may have legacies lasting centuries or more. With contributions from anthropologists, archaeologists, human geographers, and historians, this volume focuses not just on defining human impacts in the past, but on the ways that understanding these changes can help inform contemporary practices and development policies. Some chapters present examples of how ancient or current societies have modified their environments in sustainable ways, while others highlight practices that had unintended long-term consequences. The possibilities of learning from these practices are discussed, as is the potential of using the long history of human resource exploitation as a method for building or testing models of future change. The volume offers overviews for students, researchers, and professionals with an interest in conservation or development projects who want to understand what practical insights can be drawn from history, and who seek to apply their work to contemporary issues. The Oxford Handbook of Historical Ecology and Applied Archaeology presents theoretical discussions, methodological outlines, and case-studies describing the field of overlap between historical ecology and the emerging sub-discipline of applied archaeology to highlight how modern environments and landscapes have been shaped by humans. Historical ecology is based on the recognition that humans are not only capable of modifying their environments, but that all environments on earth have already been directly or indirectly modified. This includes anthropogenic climate change, widespread deforestations, and species extinctions, but also very local alterations, the effects of which may last a few years, or may have legacies lasting centuries or more. With contributions from anthropologists, archaeologists, human geographers, and historians, this volume focuses not just on defining human impacts in the past, but on the ways that understanding these changes can help inform contemporary practices and development policies. Some chapters present examples of how ancient or current societies have modified their environments in sustainable ways, while others highlight practices that had unintended long-term consequences. The possibilities of0learning from these practices are discussed, as is the potential of using the long history of human resource exploitation as a method for building or testing models of future change This Handbook Is Currently In Development, With Individual Articles Publishing Online In Advance Of Print Publication. 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