Biodiversity and Native AmericaPaul E. Minnis, Wayne J. Elisens University of Oklahoma Press, 2001 M08 1 - 310 páginas Exploring the relationship between Native Americans and the natural world, Biodiversity and Native America questions the widespread view that indigenous peoples had minimal ecological impact in North America. Introducing a variety of perspectives - ethnopharmacological, ethnographic, archaeological, and biological - this volume shows that Native Americans were active managers of natural ecological systems. The book covers groups from the sophisticated agriculturalists of the Mississippi River drainage region to the low-density hunter-gatherers of arid western North America. This book allows readers to develop accurate restoration, management, and conservation models through a thorough knowledge of native peoples’ ecological history and dynamics. It also illustrates how indigenous peoples affected environmental patterns and processes, improving crop diversity and agricultural patterns. |
Contenido
List of Illustrations ix | 3 |
Native American Management and Conservation | 29 |
Relationships between Mexican Ethnobotanical | 44 |
Ethnopharmacology and the Search | 74 |
Native Knowledge of Biodiversity | 99 |
Traditional Resource Management | 133 |
A Rarámuri Cognitive Model of Biodiversity | 180 |
A Case Study | 207 |
Levels of Native Biodiversity in Eastern North America | 223 |
Ethnohistory of Aboriginal Landscapes in | 245 |
List of Contributors | 301 |
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The Archaeology of Drylands: Living at the Margin Graeme Barker,D. D. Gilbertson Sin vista previa disponible - 2000 |
One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West Before Lewis and Clark Colin Gordon Calloway Vista previa limitada - 2003 |