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Title:

The archaeology of global change : the impact of humans on their environment / edited by Charles L. Redman ... [et al.].

Publisher:

Smithsonian Books,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

xv, 292 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Environmental archaeology--Case studies.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.--Case studies.

Other Authors:

Redman, Charles L.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Making our mark / Patty Jo Watson. Oceanic islands: microcosms of "global change" / Patrick V. Kirch -- Hunting, fishing, and resource depression in prehistoric Southwest North America / Steven R. James -- Revising the "wild" west: big game meets the ultimate keystone series / Paul S. Martin, Christine R. Szuter -- Effects of agriculture and urban society / Charles L. Redman -- Late Holocene environmental change in west-central Mexico: evidence from the basins of Pátzcuaro and Zacapu / Sarah L. O'Hara, Sarah E. Metcalfe -- The archaeological study of environmental degradation: an example from southeastern France / Sander E. Van Der Leeuw ... [et al.] -- Long-term vegetation changes in the near east / Naomi F. Miller -- Environmental impacts of the rise of civilization in the southern Levant / Patricia L. Fall ... [et al.] -- Environmental degradation and early Mesopotamian civilization / Charles L. Redman -- A landscape analysis of Western Europe during the middle ages / Joel Gunn ... [et al.] -- Case study: climate and agriculture in the "fragile" Southwest / Paul L. Fish, Suzanne K. Fish -- Anthropogenic environmental change in the Southwest as viewed from the Colorado plateau / Jeffrey S. Dean -- Unsuspected magnitudes: expanding the scale of Hohokam agriculture / Suzanne K. Fish, Paul R. Fish -- Pre-Hispanic human impact on upland North American southwestern environments: evolutionary ecological perspectives / Timothy A. Kohler -- A view from the past / J. Daniel Rogers -- Extinction isn't always forever: biodiversity and prehistory / Paul E. Minnis -- Population and resources in prehistory / Timothy A. Kohler -- The global environmental crisis: an archaeological agenda for the 21st Century / J. Daniel Rogers -- The challenge of scalability / Emilio F. Moran -- Epilogue: Making our mark / Patty Jo Watson.

ISBN:

9781588341723 (alk. paper)
1588341720 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52838926

LCCN:

2003060812

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)