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Record Nr.

UNINA9910735998603321

Autore

Whitaker James Andrew

Titolo

Climatic and ecological change in the Americas : a perspective from historical ecology / / edited by James Andrew Whitaker, Chelsey Geralda Armstrong, Guillaume Odonne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2023

Milton : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2023

©2024

ISBN

9781000924305

1000924300

9781003316497

1003316492

9781000924381

1000924386

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

New Frontiers in Historical Ecology Series

Classificazione

SOC002000

Altri autori (Persone)

WhitakerJames Andrew

ArmstrongChelsey Geralda

OdonneGuillaume

Disciplina

909/.04

Soggetti

Ethnohistory - Comparative method

Climatic changes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- "Open the Floodgates of Heaven": Amazonian Climate Change in Pre-Columbian Times -- The Milpa Cycle as a Sustainable Ecological Resource -- Confronting Climatic Instability in Coastal California Through the Lens of Archaeology and  Historical Ecology -- Indigenous People Prevented Climate-Induced Ecological Change for Millennia: Evidence from the Prairie Peninsula and Fire-Loving Forests of Eastern North America -- Indigenous Land Use and Fire Resilience of Southwest USA Ponderosa Pine Forests -- Different Relational Models have Shaped the Biocultural Conservation over Time of Araucaria araucana Forests and Their People -- Ancient and Ongoing Land-Use as Climate Change Mitigation in Ts'msyen, Heiltsuk, and Wuikinuxv



Homelands -- Clam Gardens Across Generations and Places Support Social-Ecological Resilience to Global Change -- Ancient Knowledge, Future Wisdom: Archaeological Perspectives of Caribbean Coastal Food and Habitat Security during Times of Climate Crises -- Whose Climate Change Is It? A Thousand-Year Example of Kali'na Responses to Shifting Coastal Landscapes in the Lower Maroni River -- Long-Term Ecological and Climate Changes through Amazonian Indigenous Oral Histories -- Owning Climate Change among the Makushi and Akawaio -- Postface.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book offers a comparative analysis of the experiences, responses, and adaptations of people to climate variability and environmental change across the Americas. It foregrounds historical ecology as a structural framework for understanding the climate change crisis throughout the region and throughout time. In recent years Indigenous and local populations in particular have experienced climate change effects such as altered weather patterns, seasonal irregularities, flooding and drought, and difficulties relating to subsistence practices. Understanding and dealing with these challenges has drawn on peoples' longstanding experience with climate variability and in some cases includes models of mitigation and responses that are millennia old. With contributions from specialists across the Americas, the volume will be of interest to scholars from fields including anthropology, archaeology, geography, environmental studies, and Indigenous studies"--