Cultivated Landscapes of Middle America on the Eve of Conquest
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 7 February 2002
- ISBN 9780199244539
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages330 pages
- Size 242x162x23 mm
- Weight 640 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous maps and halftones 0
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Short description:
This book is the first to bring together all that is known about the humanly-modified and cultivated landscapes of Middle America just prior to the European conquest. It assesses the agricultural and human-environment conditions existing at that time, and its implications for various contemporary themes ranging from global change to the presumed 'environment friendly' Native American.
MoreLong description:
The human-environment conditions in the Americas on the eve of the sixteenth-century European conquest have of late attracted growing interest in both academic and public circles. Focusing on Middle America, this book completes a trilogy which has made the most comprehensive survey ever achieved of pre-Colombian agriculture and culture throughout the continents. It addresses the question of what lands were permanently occupied; how they were used; and what the environmental and social implications of this use were. The answers to these questions are central to such wide-ranging themes as indigenous land rights, the conservation and preservation 'ethic' of these native people, and the global carbon cycle. The kind, scale, and location of land use is documented and mapped in detail. The book not only demonstrates the sophistication of the agricultural landscapes and their local integration, but also investigates the omissions and land degradation of the native agriculturalists. Drawing on this wealth of data the authors make a stimulating contribution to the debate about resource, land, and population in the Americas.
Whitmore and Turner have produced a very good read. Their work will stand for a long time as a benchmark of thoughtful and comprehensive synthesis that takes stock of our present understanding and points the way to fruitful future research in archaeology, geography, ecology, ethnobotany, ethnography, and history.
Table of Contents:
List of Figures
List of Maps
On the Eve of Conquest: The Context and Background to the Problem
The Context of Cultivation: Social and Economic Organization and the General Nature of Cropping
Arboriculture and Horticulture
Rainfed Cultivation
Terrace Cultivation
Floodwater and Irrigated Cultivation
Wetland Cultivation
Inventing Histories? Themes and Implications
Bibliography
Index
