04941nam 2200697 450 991045500620332120210513163725.00-231-50551-510.7312/lent11156(CKB)111056485385914(EBL)895276(OCoLC)831121377(SSID)ssj0000177062(PQKBManifestationID)11167323(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177062(PQKBWorkID)10210728(PQKB)10923181(MiAaPQ)EBC895276(DE-B1597)459052(OCoLC)51615736(OCoLC)979574434(DE-B1597)9780231505512(Au-PeEL)EBL895276(CaONFJC)MIL690503(EXLCZ)9911105648538591420181228d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrImperfect balance landscape transformations in the Precolumbian Americas /David L. Lentz, editorNew York :Columbia University Press,2000.1 online resource (1377 p.)Historical Ecology SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-231-11157-6 0-231-11156-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --List of Tables and Figures --List of Contributors --Foreword /Denevan, William M. --Acknowledgments --1. Introduction: Definitions and Conceptual Underpinnings /Lentz, David L. --2. Climate Change in the Northern American Tropics and Subtropics since the Last Ice Age: Implications for Environment and Culture /Hodell, David A. / Brenner, Mark / Curtis, Jason H. --3. Vegetation in the Floristic Regions of North and Central America /Greller, Andrew M. --4. Anthropocentric FoodWebs in the Precolumbian Americas /Lentz, David L. --5. Prehispanic Agricultural Systems in the Basin of Mexico /Mcclung De Tapia, Emily --6. PrehispanicWater Management and Agricultural Intensification in Mexico and Venezuela: Implications for Contemporary Ecological Planning /Spencer, Charles S. --7. Stability and Instability in Prehispanic Maya Landscapes /Dunning, Nicholas / Beach, Timothy --8. Precolumbian Silviculture and Indigenous Management of Neotropical Forests /Peters, Charles M. --9. Native Farming Systems and Ecosystems in the Mississippi River Valley /Fritz, Gayle J. --10. Hohokam Impacts on Sonoran Desert Environment /Fish, Suzanne K. --11. Vegetation of the Tropical Andes: An Overview /Luteyn, James L. / Churchill, Steven P. --12. The Lake Titicaca Basin: A Precolumbian Built Landscape /Erickson, Clark L. --13. Andean Land Use at the Cusp of History /D'Altroy, Terence N. --14. Lowland Vegetation of Tropical South America: An Overview /Daly, Douglas C. / Mitchell, John D. --15. The Lower Amazon: A Dynamic Human Habitat /Roosevelt, Anna C. --Summary and Conclusions /Lentz, David L. --IndexWe often envision the New World before the arrival of the Europeans as a land of pristine natural beauty and undisturbed environments. However, David Lentz offers an alternative view by detailing the impact of native cultures on these ecosystems prior to their contact with Europeans. Drawing on a wide range of experts from the fields of paleoclimatology, historical ecology, paleontology, botany, geology, conservation science, and resource management, this book unlocks the secret of how the Western Hemisphere's indigenous inhabitants influenced and transformed their natural environment.A rare combination of collaborators uncovers the changes that took place in North America, Mexico, Central America, the Andes, and Amazonia. Each section of the book has been comprehensively arranged so that a botanical description of the natural vegetation of the region is coupled with a set of case studies outlining local human influences. From modifications of vegetation, to changes in soil, wildlife, microclimate, hydrology, and the land surface itself, this collection addresses one of the great issues of our time: the human modification of the earth.Historical Ecology SeriesIndiansLand tenureHuman ecologyAmericaHistoryLandscape changesAmericaHistoryIndiansAntiquitiesAmericaAntiquitiesElectronic books.IndiansLand tenure.Human ecologyHistory.Landscape changesHistory.IndiansAntiquities.304.2/097Lentz David L(David Lewis),1951-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455006203321Imperfect balance2490245UNINA