The Oxford handbook of historical ecology and applied archaeology / edited by Christian Isendahl and Daryl Stump

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Daryl Stump and Christian Isendahl.: Introduction: The Construction of the Present through the Reconstruction of the Past.Part 1: Potential and PitfallsIntroductionChristian Isendahl and Daryl Stump: 1: Carole Crumley: New Paths into the Anthropocene: Applying Historical Ecologies to the Human Future2: Paul Minnis: Thinking Like an Archaeologist and Thinking Like an Engineer: A Utilitarian-Perspective Archaeology3: William E. Doolittle: Expedience, Impermanence, and Unplanned Obsolescence: The Coming-About of Agricultural Features and Landscapes4: Paul J. Lane: Just How Long Does 'Long-Term' Have to Be? Matters of Temporal Scale as Impediments to Interdisciplinary Understanding in Historical Ecology5: Anneli Ekblom: Archaeology, Historical Sciences, and Environmental Conservation6: Manuel Arroyo-Kalin: Landscaping, Landscape Legacies, and Landesque Capital in Pre-Columbian Amazonia7: Karl Butzer: Integrating Geoarchaeology with Archaeology for Interdisciplinary Understanding of Societal-Environmental RelationsPart 2: Approaches and ApplicationsIntroductionDaryl Stump and Christian Isendahl: 8: Daryl Stump: Digging for Indigenous Knowledge: 'Reverse Engineering' and Stratigraphic Sequencing as a Potential Archaeological Contribution to Sustainability Assessments9: Anabel Ford and Keith C. Clarke: Linking the Past and Present of the Ancient Maya: Lowland Land Use, Population Distribution, and Density in the Late Classic Period10: R. Lee Lyman: Paleozoology Is Valuable to Conservation Biology11: Ashley Coutu: Historic Molecules Connect the Past to Modern Conservation12: Megan Hicks, Arni Einarsson, Kesara Anamthawat-Jonsson, Agusta Edwald, AEgir Thor Thorsson, and Thomas H. McGovern: Community and Conservation: Documenting Millennial Scale Sustainable Resource Use at Lake Myvatn, Iceland13: Federica Sulas: Soils, Plants, and Texts: An Archaeologist's Toolbox14: Charles French: Grappling with Interpreting and Testing People-Landscape Dynamics15: C. Michael Barton: From Narratives to Algorithms: Extending Archaeological Explanation beyond Archaeology16: Scott Heckbert, Christian Isendahl, Joel D. Gunn, Simon Brewer, Vernon L. Scarborough, Arlen F. Chase, Diane Z. Chase, Robert Costanza, Nicholas P. Dunning, Timothy Beach, Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach, David Lentz, and Paul Sinclair: Growing the Ancient Maya Social-Ecological System from the Bottom Up17: Karl-Johan Lindholm: Wells, Land, and History: Archaeology and Rural Development in Southern Africa18: Camilla Arlin, Lowe Boerjeson, and Wilhelm OEstberg: Participatory Checking and the Temporality of Landscapes: Increasing Trust and Relevance in Qualitative Research19: William Balee and Justin Nolan: Freelisting as a Tool for Assessing Cognitive Realities of Landscape Transformation: A Case Study from AmazoniaPart 3: Reviving Past TechnologiesIntroductionDaryl Stump and Christian Isendahl: 20: Matthew Spriggs: A 1980 Attempt at Reviving Ancient Irrigation Practices in the Pacific: Rationale, Failure, and Success21: Lorenzo Caponetti: The Invisible Landscape: The Etruscan Cuniculi of Tuscania as a Determinant of Present-Day Landscape and a Valuable Tool for Sustainable Water Management22: Ann Kendall and David Drew: The Rehabilitation of Pre-Hispanic Agricultural Infrastructure to Support Rural Develoment in the Peruvian Andes: The Work of the Cusichaca Trust23: Jago Cooper and Lindsay Duncan: Applied Archaeology in the Americas: Evaluating Archaeological Solutions to the Impacts of Global Environmental Change24: Alexander Herrera: Indigenous Technologies, Archaeology, and Rural Development in the Andes: Three Decades of Trials in Bolivia, Ecuador, and PeruPart 4: Bridging the Past and PresentIntroductionChristian Isendahl and Daryl Stump: 25: Michael E. Smith: Quality of Life and Prosperity in Ancient Households and Communities26: Christian Isendahl, Vernon L. Scarborough, Joel D. Gunn, Nicholas P. Dunning, Scott L. Fedick, Gyles Iannone, and Lisa J. Lucero: Applied Perspectives on Pre-Columbian Maya Water Management Systems: What are the Insights for Water Security?27: Paul Sinclair, Christian Isendahl, and Stephan Barthel: Beyond Rhetoric: Towards a Framework for an Applied Historical Ecology of Urban Planning28: E. Christian Wells: Culture, Power, History: Implications for Understanding Global Environmental Change29: Joseph A. Tainter and T. F. H. Allen: Energy Gain and the Evolution of Organization30: Christian Isendahl and Daryl Stump: Conclusion: Anthropocentric Historical Ecology, Applied Archaeology, and the Future of a Useable Past

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