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From Pristine Ecosystem To Monocrop Agriculture: Ecological And Cultural Impacts Of European Colonization In Mauritius. (2023)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "In Small Islands Forgotten: Insular Historical Archaeologies of a Globalizing World", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The colonization of Mauritius exemplifies the role played by humans in altering the ecosystems of remote islands. Previously uninhabited, it now has the highest population density of any African nation, and despite scant natural resources, also has one of the continent’s highest GDPs....