GEOG 339 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sexually Transmitted Infection, American Vision, Keystone Species
Document Summary
Columbian exchange and changing nature-society relations in north america. Euroamerican narrative: native americans continue to live a primitive, one w/ the earth lifestyle in the new world why has this narrative persisted for so long: comes down to wilderness. 15,000 year old - oldest archaeological evidence of native americans in new world sites still have lasting impact on landscape. Contrary to narrative that they may have no significance no less using natural resources to transform them not a society solely based on subsistence. Evidence that trade and commerce existed varying subsistence: Foresters, etc. not always environmental in impacts of economic choices. Buffalo jumps led to waste, not all bison were harvested. Conservation was not the driving factor of many choices conservation is a more modern term choices were cultural in choice. Megafauna did exist in north america disappeared about 14,000 years ago within 1,000 years bering land bridge opened up, large amount of native american population came over.
