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1 online resource (xiii, 307 pages |
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Machine generated contents note: pt. I Parameters of Study -- 1. Landscape Evolution as Natural -- Cultural History -- Evolution of an Inhabited Landscape -- The Marianas Landscape as a Model System -- Structure and Content of This Book -- References -- 2. Global Applicability of Landscape Evolution -- Coastal China -- California -- Hawaiian Islands -- Mariana Islands -- References -- 3. Environmental Setting and Dynamics -- Geological Structure -- Sea-Level History -- Coastal Geomorphology -- Slope Erosion -- Deposition Patterns -- Soil Formation -- Plant and Animal Communities -- Climate and Weather -- Water Sources -- References -- 4. Marianas Archaeology in Local and Regional Perspectives -- Marianas Settlement in Asia-Pacific Context -- Foundations of Chamorro Heritage -- References -- 5. Coordinating Perspectives of the Past -- Historical Perspectives -- Linguistics -- Human Biology and Genetics -- Faunal Records -- Botanical Records -- References |
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Note continued: 6. Range of Archaeological Material Culture -- Artefacts -- Midden -- Structural Features -- Rock Art -- Caves -- Landscapes -- References -- pt. II Chronological Sequence -- 7. Building an Archaeological Chronology -- Use of Radiocarbon Dating -- Marianas Chronological Outline -- References -- 8.1500 -- 1100 B.C., Initial Settlement -- Site Inventory and Dating -- Landforms -- Resource Zones -- Material Culture -- Regional Context -- References -- 9.1100 -- 700 B.C., Changing Coastlines -- Site Inventory and Dating -- Landforms -- Resource Zones -- Material Culture -- Regional Context -- References -- 10.700 B.C. -- A.D. 1, Broadened Horizons -- Site Inventory and Dating -- Landforms -- Resource Zones -- Material Culture -- Regional Context -- References -- 11.A.D. 1 -- 500, Temporary Stability -- Site Inventory and Dating -- Landforms -- Resource Zones -- Material Culture -- Regional Context -- References |
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Note continued: 12.A.D. 500 -- 1000, Sustained Use of Coastal and Inland Zones -- Site Inventory and Dating -- Landforms -- Resource Zones -- Material Culture -- Regional Context -- References -- 13.A.D. 1000 -- 1700, A Sea of Islands and Monuments -- Site Inventory and Dating -- Landforms -- Resource Zones -- Material Culture -- Regional Context -- References -- 14.A.D. 1700 -- Present, Living with Colonialism and Globalisation -- Site Inventory and Dating -- Landforms -- Resource Zones -- Material Culture -- Regional Context -- References -- pt. III Pursuing Research Questions -- 15. First Inhabiting of a Landscape -- Human Migration into a New Landscape -- Initial Inhabiting of a Landscape -- Origins of Landscape Evolution -- References -- 16. Long-Term Human-Environment Relations -- Geology and Landforms -- Climate -- Sea Level and Coastal Ecology -- Water Sources -- Plant and Animal Populations -- Patterns of Residence and Resource Use -- Material Culture |
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Note continued: Continuity and Change -- References -- 17. Future Directions |
| Summary |
Landscapes have been fundamental to the human experience world-wide and throughout time, yet how did we as human beings evolve or co-evolve with our landscapes? By answering this question, we can understand our place in the complex, ever-changing world that we inhabit. This book guides readers on a journey through the concurrent processes of change in an integrated natural-cultural history of a landscape. While outlining the general principles for global application, a richly illustrated case is offered through the Mariana Islands in the northwest tropical Pacific and furthermore situated in a larger Asia-Pacific context for a full comprehension of landscape evolution at variable scales. The author examines what happened during the first time when human beings encountered the world's Remote Oceanic environment in the Mariana Islands about 3500 years ago, followed by a continuous sequence of changing sea level, climate, water resources, forest composition, human population growth, and social dynamics. This book provides a high-resolution and long-term view of the complexities of landscape evolution that affect all of us today |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index |
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Print version record |
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Springer Nature eBook |
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Landscape archaeology -- Mariana Islands
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Social sciences.
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Landscape ecology.
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Environmental management.
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Archaeology.
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Social Sciences
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Archaeology
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social sciences.
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environmental control.
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archaeology.
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Plant ecology.
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Environmental management.
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Archaeology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Landscape archaeology
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Archaeology
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Environmental management
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Landscape ecology
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Social sciences
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Mariana Islands
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Electronic books
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783319314006 |
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3319314009 |
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9783319313993 |
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3319313991 |
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