LEADER 04907nam 2200685 450 001 9910812312503321 005 20210513163725.0 010 $a0-231-50551-5 024 7 $a10.7312/lent11156 035 $a(CKB)111056485385914 035 $a(EBL)895276 035 $a(OCoLC)831121377 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000177062 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11167323 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177062 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10210728 035 $a(PQKB)10923181 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC895276 035 $a(DE-B1597)459052 035 $a(OCoLC)51615736 035 $a(OCoLC)979574434 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231505512 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL895276 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL690503 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485385914 100 $a20181228d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aImperfect balance $elandscape transformations in the Precolumbian Americas /$fDavid L. Lentz, editor 210 1$aNew York :$cColumbia University Press,$d2000. 215 $a1 online resource (1377 p.) 225 0 $aHistorical Ecology Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-11157-6 311 $a0-231-11156-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tList of Tables and Figures --$tList of Contributors --$tForeword /$rDenevan, William M. --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Introduction: Definitions and Conceptual Underpinnings /$rLentz, David L. --$t2. Climate Change in the Northern American Tropics and Subtropics since the Last Ice Age: Implications for Environment and Culture /$rHodell, David A. / Brenner, Mark / Curtis, Jason H. --$t3. Vegetation in the Floristic Regions of North and Central America /$rGreller, Andrew M. --$t4. Anthropocentric FoodWebs in the Precolumbian Americas /$rLentz, David L. --$t5. Prehispanic Agricultural Systems in the Basin of Mexico /$rMcclung De Tapia, Emily --$t6. PrehispanicWater Management and Agricultural Intensification in Mexico and Venezuela: Implications for Contemporary Ecological Planning /$rSpencer, Charles S. --$t7. Stability and Instability in Prehispanic Maya Landscapes /$rDunning, Nicholas / Beach, Timothy --$t8. Precolumbian Silviculture and Indigenous Management of Neotropical Forests /$rPeters, Charles M. --$t9. Native Farming Systems and Ecosystems in the Mississippi River Valley /$rFritz, Gayle J. --$t10. Hohokam Impacts on Sonoran Desert Environment /$rFish, Suzanne K. --$t11. Vegetation of the Tropical Andes: An Overview /$rLuteyn, James L. / Churchill, Steven P. --$t12. The Lake Titicaca Basin: A Precolumbian Built Landscape /$rErickson, Clark L. --$t13. Andean Land Use at the Cusp of History /$rD'Altroy, Terence N. --$t14. Lowland Vegetation of Tropical South America: An Overview /$rDaly, Douglas C. / Mitchell, John D. --$t15. The Lower Amazon: A Dynamic Human Habitat /$rRoosevelt, Anna C. --$tSummary and Conclusions /$rLentz, David L. --$tIndex 330 $aWe often envision the New World before the arrival of the Europeans as a land of pristine natural beauty and undisturbed environments. However, David Lentz offers an alternative view by detailing the impact of native cultures on these ecosystems prior to their contact with Europeans. Drawing on a wide range of experts from the fields of paleoclimatology, historical ecology, paleontology, botany, geology, conservation science, and resource management, this book unlocks the secret of how the Western Hemisphere's indigenous inhabitants influenced and transformed their natural environment.A rare combination of collaborators uncovers the changes that took place in North America, Mexico, Central America, the Andes, and Amazonia. Each section of the book has been comprehensively arranged so that a botanical description of the natural vegetation of the region is coupled with a set of case studies outlining local human influences. From modifications of vegetation, to changes in soil, wildlife, microclimate, hydrology, and the land surface itself, this collection addresses one of the great issues of our time: the human modification of the earth. 410 0$aHistorical Ecology Series 606 $aIndians$xLand tenure 606 $aHuman ecology$zAmerica$xHistory 606 $aLandscape changes$zAmerica$xHistory 606 $aIndians$xAntiquities 607 $aAmerica$xAntiquities 615 0$aIndians$xLand tenure. 615 0$aHuman ecology$xHistory. 615 0$aLandscape changes$xHistory. 615 0$aIndians$xAntiquities. 676 $a304.2/097 702 $aLentz$b David L$g(David Lewis),$f1951- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812312503321 996 $aImperfect balance$93944824 997 $aUNINA