Methods in Historical Ecology: Insights from Amazonia

ISBN-13: 9780367182205 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 186 str.

Guillaume Odonne; Jean-François Molino

Opis

This book presents some of the most recent tools, methods and concepts in historical ecology. It introduces students and researchers to state of the art techniques and showcases a wide array of methods dedicated to understanding the history of tropical landscapes.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: Detection and characterisation of archaeological features  1. Archaeology of invisible landscapes  2. Pedological perspective: concepts and facts  3. Soil micromorphology  4. Physicochemical analysis of Neotropical soils  5. Magnetic properties of soils  6. Geomagnetic survey  7. Pedestrian archaeological surveys in Neotropical rainforests  8. Detecting ditched sites on LiDAR-generated Digital Elevation Models: from technical specifications to interpretation keys  Part 2: Living organisms as witnesses of past human activities  9. Phytoliths: a tool for Neotropical historical ecology, with focus on bamboo-dominated forests  10. Anthracology in the tropics: how wood charcoals help us to better understand today ecosystems  11. Forest trees inventories  12. Historical genomics  13. Landscape-scale study of soil communities  14. The multiple roles of soil animals in the interpretation of archaeological soils and sediments in lowland tropical South America  Part 3: Ethnoecological knowledge on ancient anthropogenic landscapes  15. History and ethnohistory of ancient settlements  16. Ethnoecology of landscape uses and interpretations  17. From single species to multiethnic ethnobotanical databases to understand past land use  18. Historical ecology as an instrument in defence of forest peoples: reflections from the Tapajós River, Brazil  19. Applied historical ecology  Conclusion. Historical ecology: challenges and perspectives in a changing world