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. The chapters cover the detection and characterisation of archaeological features, living organisms as witnesses of past human activities, ethnoecological knowledge of ancient anthropogenic landscapes and societal impacts of historical ecology. Whilst mainly based on Amazonian experiences, the contributions aim to strengthen synergies between disciplines and to propose solutions that can be applied elsewhere in the field.
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Foreword |
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| Introduction |
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PART I Detection and characterisation of archaeological features |
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1 Archaeology of invisible landscapes |
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2 Pedological perspective: concepts and facts |
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4 Physicochemical analysis of neotropical soils |
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5 Magnetic properties of soils |
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7 Pedestrian archaeological surveys in neotropical rainforests |
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8 Detecting ditched sites on LiDAR-generated digital elevation models: from technical specifications to interpretation keys |
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PART II Living organisms as witnesses of past human activities |
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9 Phytoliths: a tool for neotropical historical ecology, with a focus on bamboo-dominated forests |
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10 Anthracology in the tropics: how wood charcoals help us better understand today's ecosystems |
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11 Forest tree inventories |
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13 Landscape-scale study of soil communities |
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14 The multiple roles of soil animals in the interpretation of archaeological soils and sediments in lowland tropical South America |
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PART III Ethnoecological knowledge on ancient anthropogenic landscapes |
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15 History and ethnohistory of ancient settlements |
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16 Ethnoecology of landscape uses and interpretations |
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17 From single species to multiethnic ethnobotanical databases to understand past land use |
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18 Historical ecology as an instrument in defence of forest peoples: reflections from the Tapajos River, Brazil |
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Vinicius Eduardo Honorato de Oliveira |
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19 Applied historical ecology |
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| Conclusion: historical ecology: challenges and perspectives in a changing world |
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Chelsey Geralda Armstrong |
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Guillaume Odonne is affiliated with the Centre National de la Recherche scientifique (CNRS) within the Laboratoire Ecologie, Evolution, Interactions des Systčmes Amazoniens (LEEISA) in Cayenne, French Guiana.
Jean-Franēois Molino is based at the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) in Montpellier, France. He is deputy director of the Joint Research Unit AMAP (botAnique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des végétations).
