Palaeolandscapes in Archaeology: Lessons for the Past and Future

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Mike T. Carson (Associate Prof., Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, University of Guam)

Palaeolandscapes in Archaeology

Lessons for the Past and Future

Mike T. Carson (Associate Prof., Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, University of Guam)

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English

Routledge
30 November 2021

Landscape archaeology; Hydrology & the hydrosphere; Meteorology & climatology; Physical geography & topography

"What can we learn about the ancient landscapes of our world, and how can those lessons improve our future in the landscapes that we all inhabit? Those questions are addressed in this book, through a practical framework of concepts and methods, combined with detailed case studies around the world.

The chapters explore the range of physical and social attributes that have shaped and re-shaped our landscapes through time. International authors contributed the latest results of investigating ancient landscapes (or ""palaeolandscapes"") in diverse settings of tropical forests, deserts, river deltas, remote islands, coastal zones, and continental interiors. The case studies embrace a broadly accommodating approach of combining archaeological evidence with other avenues of research in earth sciences, biology, and social relations. Individually and in concert, the chapters offer new perspectives on what the world’s palaeolandscapes looked like, how people lived in these places, and how communities have engaged with long-term change in their natural and cultural environments through successive centuries and millennia. The lessons are paramount for building responsible strategies and policies today and into the future, noting that many of these issues from the past have gained more urgency today.

This book reaches across archaeology, ecology, geography, and other studies of human-environment relations that will appeal to general readers. Specialists and students in these fields will find extra value in the primary datasets and in the new ideas and perspectives. Furthermore, this book provides unique examples from the past, toward understanding the workings of sustainable landscape systems."

Edited by: Mike T. Carson (Associate Prof. Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center University of Guam)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 784g
ISBN: 9780367689032
ISBN 10: 0367689030
Pages: 386
Publication Date: 30 November 2021
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mike T. Carson (PhD in Anthropology, University of Hawai'i, 2002) has investigated archaeological landscapes throughout the Asia-Pacific region. He currently is Associate Professor of Archaeology at the Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center at the University of Guam. He was author of Archaeological Landscape Evolution: The Mariana Islands in the Asia-Pacific Region (Springer, 2016) and Archaeology of Pacific Oceania; Inhabiting a Sea of Islands (Routledge, 2018), and he was editor of Asian Perspectives: The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific (University of Hawai'i Press, 2014–2020).