Palaeolandscapes in Archaeology


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What can we learn about the ancient landscapes of our world and how can those lessons improve our future in the landscapes that we all inhabit? Those questions are addressed in this book through a practical framework of concepts and methods combined with detailed case studies around the world.The chapters explore the range of physical and social attributes that have shaped and re-shaped our landscapes through time. International authors contributed the latest results of investigating ancient landscapes (or palaeolandscapes) in diverse settings of tropical forests deserts river deltas remote islands coastal zones and continental interiors. The case studies embrace a broadly accommodating approach of combining archaeological evidence with other avenues of research in earth sciences biology and social relations. Individually and in concert the chapters offer new perspectives on what the world’s palaeolandscapes looked like how people lived in these places and how communities have engaged with long-term change in their natural and cultural environments through successive centuries and millennia. The lessons are paramount for building responsible strategies and policies today and into the future noting that many of these issues from the past have gained more urgency today.This book reaches across archaeology ecology geography and other studies of human-environment relations that will appeal to general readers. Specialists and students in these fields will find extra value in the primary datasets and in the new ideas and perspectives. Furthermore this book provides unique examples from the past toward understanding the workings of sustainable landscape systems.
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