Victor D. Thompson
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780813042428
- eISBN:
- 9780813043074
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813042428.003.0001
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
This summary examines the intellectual impact of historical ecology within anthropology and the subdiscipline of archaeology specifically. It provides a brief review of the core concepts of this ...
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This summary examines the intellectual impact of historical ecology within anthropology and the subdiscipline of archaeology specifically. It provides a brief review of the core concepts of this theoretical framework. Provided is a brief outline of the case study and discussion chapters in the volume which are placed within an overarching context of research on small-scale economies. In the concluding section, a reflection is offered on the value of studying small-scale economies from a historical ecology perspective and why this is important to modern communities.Less
This summary examines the intellectual impact of historical ecology within anthropology and the subdiscipline of archaeology specifically. It provides a brief review of the core concepts of this theoretical framework. Provided is a brief outline of the case study and discussion chapters in the volume which are placed within an overarching context of research on small-scale economies. In the concluding section, a reflection is offered on the value of studying small-scale economies from a historical ecology perspective and why this is important to modern communities.
