ANTHROP 3AS3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5-6: World War I, American Antiquity
23 Apr 2018
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This study looks at the landscape management practices in north america by hunter- Lightfoot, kent g. , rob q. cuthrell, chuck j. striplen and mark g. hylkema. 2013 rethinking the study of landscape management practices among hunter-gatherers in north. Hunter-gatherers, north america, anthropogenic burning, trem, resource management. The authors ask ecological questions; how hunter-gatherers impacted the environment they lived in and for what purposes. The authors" first objective is to analyse why archaeologists has had hesitations about engaging in the ongoing debate about scale and ecological impact of the landscape management practices, mainly the systemic burning. Their second objective is to analyse the potential ways archaeologists can contribute to the knowledge and understanding of the practices through new collaborative and interdisciplinary eco-archaeological programs. They also study the magnitude of the practices and therefore the impact of the practices. The evidence used, are different examples to prove the objectives and ethnohistoric data.
