Historical Ecology: Archaeology for a Sustainable Future

Summary

Historical Ecology is a research program that seeks to integrate diverse perspectives from human and natural sciences to improve our understanding on the relations between societies and their changing landscapes. Investigations in historical ecology draw from different corpus of data, including the participation of the public, not only to solve scientific problems, but also to provide answers to social and political situations. Archaeology has a major role in the production of knowledge on the use of landscapes over vast periods of time, so it can contribute significantly to inform public policies to better plan the future. Drawing on Amazonian case studies, this paper shows the possibilities of such an approach, including the advantages of working in networks such as IHOPE-The Integrated History and Future of People on Earth.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)   •
• Multidisciplinary Approaches to Amazonian landscapes

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