Imperfect balance : landscape transformations in the Precolumbian Americas / / David L. Lentz, editor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1377 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2/097 |
Collana | Historical Ecology Series |
Soggetto topico |
Indians - Land tenure
Human ecology - America - History Landscape changes - America - History Indians - Antiquities |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-231-50551-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455006203321 |
New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Imperfect balance : landscape transformations in the Precolumbian Americas / / David L. Lentz, editor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1377 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2/097 |
Collana | Historical Ecology Series |
Soggetto topico |
Indians - Land tenure
Human ecology - America - History Landscape changes - America - History Indians - Antiquities |
ISBN | 0-231-50551-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779832903321 |
New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Imperfect balance : landscape transformations in the Precolumbian Americas / / David L. Lentz, editor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1377 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2/097 |
Collana | Historical Ecology Series |
Soggetto topico |
Indians - Land tenure
Human ecology - America - History Landscape changes - America - History Indians - Antiquities |
ISBN | 0-231-50551-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812312503321 |
New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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