Human Environment Interactions - Volume 2 Reconstructing the Natural and Anthropogenic Landscape /

• Main Author: Goman, Michelle (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Physical geography.; Agriculture.; Climate change.; Anthropology.; Demography.; Earth Sciences.; Earth System Sciences.; Climate Change.; Physical Geography.

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 envir...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Lake Shoreline Evidence of Hydrologic Conditions in the Southern Basin and Range Province During the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene: Paleoclimatic and Archaeological Implications
• Post-Mazama River Terraces and Human Occupation Along the North Umpqua River, Oregon
• Prehistoric Settlement Patterns and Optimal Maize Field Location in the Mt. Trumbull Region NW Arizona USA.