Island historical ecology : socionatural landscapes of the eastern and southern Caribbean /

In the first book-length treatise on historical ecology of the West Indies, Island Historical Ecology addresses Caribbean island ecologies from the perspective of social and cultural interventions over approximately eight millennia of human occupations. Environmental coring carried out in carefully...

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Bibliografiske detaljer
Andre forfattere: Siegel, Peter E. (Editor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: New York, NY : Berghahn Books 2018.
Online adgang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvw0491c
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Summary:In the first book-length treatise on historical ecology of the West Indies, Island Historical Ecology addresses Caribbean island ecologies from the perspective of social and cultural interventions over approximately eight millennia of human occupations. Environmental coring carried out in carefully selected wetlands allowed for the reconstruction of pre-colonial and colonial landscapes on islands between Venezuela and Puerto Rico. Comparisons with well-documented patterns in the Mediterranean and Pacific islands place this case study into a larger context of island historical ecology.
Fysisk beskrivelse:1 online resource
Bibliografi:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781785337642
1785337645
9781785337635