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The lost woodlands of ancient Nasca a case-study in ecological and cultural collapse

Title
The lost woodlands of ancient Nasca [electronic resource] : a case-study in ecological and cultural collapse / by David Beresford-Jones.
Author
Beresford-Jones, David.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2011.

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Details

Description
1 online resource (xii, 266 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Series Statement
British Academy postdoctoral fellowship monographs
Uniform Title
  • Lost woodlands of ancient Nasca (Online)
  • British Academy postdoctoral fellowship monograph.
Alternative Title
Lost woodlands of ancient Nasca (Online)
Subject
  • To 1500
  • Indians of South America > Peru > History > To 1500
  • Nazca culture
  • Environmental archaeology > Peru
  • Deforestation > Peru > History > To 1500
  • Environmental disasters > Peru > History > To 1500
  • Nature > Effect of human beings on > History > Peru > To 1500
  • Landscape archaeology > Peru
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-255) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction -- The south coast desert -- A lost landscape: ancient settlement of Samaca and Ullujaya -- Tracing landscape change: the geomorphological record -- Tracing human ecology: the archaeobotanical and malacological record -- deforestation -- The Huarango: the genus Prosopis on the south coast -- The Huarango in the desert riparian and agriculural ecosystem -- The Sonoran desert: an ethnoecological analogue? -- Putting the tree back into the landscape -- Appendix A: a comparison of Sonoran Desert and South Coast Peru flora.
LCCN
2011284127
OCLC
ssj0001630411
Author
Beresford-Jones, David.
Title
The lost woodlands of ancient Nasca [electronic resource] : a case-study in ecological and cultural collapse / by David Beresford-Jones.
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2011.
Series
British Academy postdoctoral fellowship monographs
British Academy postdoctoral fellowship monograph.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-255) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Chronological Term
To 1500
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