Prehistoric Native Americans and ecological change : human ecosystems in eastern North America since the Pleistocene

Delcourt, Paul A. (Author). Delcourt, Hazel R. (Added Author).

Summary: "Using panarchy theory, [this book] integrates paleoecological and archaeological research from the Eastern Woodlands of North America providing a paradigm to help resolve long-standing disagreements between ecologists and archaeologists about the importance of prehistoric Native Americans as agents for ecological change." --back cover

Record details

ISBN: 0521662702 (bound)
ISBN: 9780521662703 (bound)
Physical Description: print
x, 203 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Cambridge [England] ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, c2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references: p. 170-196; and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

PART I PANARCHY AS AN INTEGRATIVE PARADIGM. 1.The need for a new synthesis --2.Panarchy theory and Quaternary ecosystems -- 3. Holocene human ecosystems -- PART II ECOLOGICAL FEEDBACKS AND PROCESSES. 4. Gene-level interactions -- 5. Population-level interactions -- 6. Community-level interactions -- 7. Landscape-level interactions -- 8. Regional-level interactions -- PART III APPLICATION AND SYNTHESIS. 9. The ecological legacy of prehistoric Native Americans.