Sustainability in Ancient Island Societies (eBook, ePUB)

An Archaeology of Human Resilience
Redaktion: Fitzpatrick, Scott M.; Gill, Kristina M.; Erlandson, Jon M.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Examining dynamic interactions between humans and island environments



This volume explores the impacts humans have made on island and coastal ecosystems and the ways these environments have adapted to anthropogenic changes over the course of millennia. Case studies highlight how island populations developed social and political strategies to effectively manage their ecosystems, ensuring the long-term survival of their societies and the persistence of their cultural traditions.



In case studies from islands in the Pacific, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic, contributors apply resilience theory, historical ecology, niche construction theory, and human behavioral ecology to foreground Indigenous resiliency and sustainability. Modern island and coastal societies face daunting challenges in the decades to come, including climate change, sea level rise, and the loss of habitable lands and heritage resources. Sustainability in Ancient Island Societies argues that the study of past human responses to such changes, especially practices rooted in Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge, can inform solutions to manage these threats today.

Contributors: Rebecca Boger Emira Ibrahimpasic Frederique Valentin Stuart Bedford Davide Marco Zori William Jeffery Denise Elena Edith Gonzalez Mark Horrocks Anaëlle Jallon Sophia Perdikaris Iarowoi Philip Takaronga Kuautonga Lindsey E. Cochran Christopher Wolff Todd Braje Craig Shapiro Allison Bain Dr. Torben C. Rick James Flexner Tim Denham Jon M. Erlandson Robert Williams Victor D. Thompson Scott M. Fitzpatrick Julie Field Kristina M. Gill Sandrine Grouard





A volume in the series Society and Ecology in Island and Coastal Archaeology, edited by Victor D. Thompson and Scott M. Fitzpatrick

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of Florida
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780813073231
• Artikelnr.: 75639787