Continuity and change in cultural mountain adaptations : from prehistory to contemporary threats /

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Other Authors: Lozny, Ludomir R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York London Springer, 2013.
Series:Studies in human ecology and adaptation.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Presenting the evidence of diversity in mountain paleo-landscapes, the case of the French Alps
  • A history of long-term human-environment interactions in the French Pyrenees inferred from the pollen data
  • The pastures of the Benou Plateau (Bilheres-en-Ossau), France: one for of exploitation of salt resources in a mountain environment
  • Archaeological prospectation of the Pyrenean valleys in the Upper Lavedan, Hautes-Pyrenees
  • Mountain summer shelters in the Haut Adour region of the central French Pyrenees: examples from the Campan and Lesponne Valleys (Hautes-Pyrenees)
  • Landscape archaeology of the commons of the Bouleste/Labas Valley, Hautes-Pyrenees
  • The use of GIS and Weights-of-Evidence in the reconstruction of a Native American sacred landscape in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
  • Adaptation of Andean herders to political and climatic changes
  • Mapuche resilience and adaptation to arid uplands in NW Patagonia, Argentina
  • Medicinal plant use as an adaptive strategy in the Bolivian Andes: evidence from the Quechua community of Apillapampa
  • Keeping all the parts: adaptation amidst dramatic change in the Pamir Mountains
  • From yaks to tourists: sherpa livelihood adaptations in Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) National Park and buffer zone Nepal
  • The sources of ethnic pride and social stability among the Nousu (Yi) of southwest China
  • Globalization, environmental change, and coping strategies among the Ifugao of the Philippine Cordillera Mountains
  • Culturally mediated provision of ecosystem services: The AGDAL of Yagour
  • Afterword.