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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"human-environmental interactions"”.
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Palaeoenvironmental investigations into the human-environmental interactions of prehistoric communities around loch of Stenness, Orkney
This palaeoenvironmental study explores the interactions of prehistoric communities with natural environments within the Heart of Neolithic Orkney (HONO), by analysing sediment sequences from the Loch of Stenness. This study focuses on the Mesolithic (10000 cal BC to 4100 cal BC) and Neolithic …
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Out of the Round: A Palaeoecological Investigation into Human-Environmental Interactions of Bronze and Iron Age Hut Circle Communities in Gairloch, Wester Ross
… at any time. There was evidence indicative of environmental downturn at the end of the Bronze Age, and the palaeoecological record suggests that the communities responded to this by adapting their subsistence strategies, shifting from arable agriculture to focus on pastoral farming during this …
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Conquest and change : Mongol herding in Xilingol, Inner Mongolia
… in response to pressing problems involving human-environmental interactions. In 1992-1993, from the point of view of many Chinese scientists and policy makers, traditional Mongol herding in Inner Mongolia was in a state of crisis, with widespread land degradation and frequent, crippling …
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Environmental change and human interaction in the western Mediterranean over the long term: a comparative study from Sardinia
… societies, have driven significant paleoenvironmental changes, shaping Mediterranean landscapes over millennia. However, there are increasing indications that conditions were not homogeneous at any one time across the Mediterranean basin, both in terms of the impact of, and societal …
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An Afro-Brazilian Landscape: African Oil Palms and Socioecological Change in Bahia, Brazil
… and ecological change, the study contributes to environmental histories of colonialism and the African diaspora, and advances theories and practices of agricultural development, environmental governance, and the politics of knowledge. Native to West Africa, African oil palms have supported …