1. Historical Ecology: A Multidimensional Ecological Orientation / Carole L. Crumley -- 2. Concepts in Historical Ecology: The View from Evolutionary Theory /Bruce P. Winterhalder -- 3. Tracking and Testing the Nature/Culture Dichotomy in Practice / Alice E. Ingerson -- 4. Global Climate and Regional Biocultural Diversity / Joel D. Gunn -- 5. Historical Ecology and Landscape Transformation in Eastern Equatorial Africa /Peter R. Schmidt -- 6. Management for Extinction in Norse Greenland / Thomas H. McGovern -- 7. Population Ecology and Civilization in Ancient Egypt / Fekri A. Hassan -- 8. The Ecology of Conquest: Contrasting Agropastoral and Agricultural Societies' Adaptation to Climatic Change / Carole L. Crumley -- 9. The Role of Archaeology in Raising Environmental Consciousness: An Example from Southwest Florida / William H. Marquardt -- 10. Toward a Properly Historical Ecology / Thomas C. Patterson -- Epilogue / Carole L. Crumley -- Santa Fe Accord