Historical Ecology for Applied Archaeology: Climate Change, Resource Management, and Governance
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (2017)
Historical ecology is a research program concerned with the interactions of people and
environment through time and the consequences of those relationships on the formation
of contemporary and ancient landscapes, habitats and culture. Archaeology has
developed theoretical and methodological tools for contributing to historical ecological
research and constitutes a major part of this multidisciplinary effort. Through its applied
lens, historical ecology continues to grow as a major field of inquiry dealing with
questions around climate change, environmental conservation, Indigenous governance
and autonomy, and resource management systems. This session explores how
archaeologists are using the historical ecology research program to guide their research
design, praxis, and even ontologies. Such research will highlight current and on-going
archaeological contributions to climate change research, and ecological/heritage
management and conservation that is socially just.
Other Keywords
historical ecology •
Zooarchaeology •
Northwest Coast •
Conservation •
Marine Mammals •
Ethnoecology •
Ethnoarchaeology •
ancient DNA •
traditional ecological knowledge •
Human-environment dynamics
Geographic Keywords
North America (Continent) •
Yukon Territory (State / Territory) •
Alaska (State / Territory) •
North America - NW Coast/Alaska •
Alberta (State / Territory) •
New York (State / Territory) •
New Hampshire (State / Territory) •
Idaho (State / Territory) •
Maine (State / Territory) •
British Columbia (State / Territory)
Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-14 of 14)
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Did Tlingit and Haida eat sea otters during the pre-contact period? an issue of intellectual property and cultural heritage (2017)
Grassroots modernization: pastoral economies, climate, and political change in Iceland's 18th though 20th centuries (2017)