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Reconstructing Human-Landscape Interactions - Volume 1: Interpreting Desert and Fluvial Environments

By Brett T. McLaurin , Aileen C. Elliott , Nalini Torres (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2012
ISBN
3642237584, 9783642237584
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-23759-1
Google Books ID
b0UetKsiPOYC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4915516 bytes)
Series
Springer Briefs in Earth System Sciences
Edition
1
Pages
55\64
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00
Earth System Sciences; Geography (general); Envirogeneralgeneral; Science

Description

The Holocene is unique when compared to earlier geological time in that humans begin to alter and manipulate the natural environment to their own needs. Domestication of crops and animals and the resultant intensification of agriculture lead to profound changes in the impact humans have on the environment. Conversely, as human populations began to increase geologic and climatic factors begin to have a greater impact on civilizations. To understand and reconstruct the complex interplay between humans and the environment over the past ten thousand years requires examination of multiple differing but interconnected aspects of the environment and involves geomorphology, paleoecology, geoarchaeology and paleoclimatology. These Springer Briefs volumes examine the dynamic interplay between humans and the natural environment as reconstructed by the many and varied sub-fields of the Earth Sciences.

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