{"product_id":"human-ecodynamics-in-the-north-atlantic-9780739185476","title":"Human Ecodynamics in the North Atlantic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Human Ecodynamics in the North Atlantic: A Collaborative Model of Humans and Nature through Space and Time, Maher and Harrison have compiled a series of separate research projects conducted across the North Atlantic region that each contribute greatly to the area of study.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA human force of nature. Spanning the North Atlantic from the Viking Iron Age to the nineteenth century, the authors navigate a two-way street of interaction between humans and their environment that highlights both the successes and missteps along the way. -- Christyann Darwent, editor of Arctic Anthropology\u003cbr\u003eA remarkable demonstration of the value of close collaboration in interdisciplinary thinking. The human ecodynamics approach of the authors brings together archaeologists, environmental historians, and paleoecologists to provide new theoretical insights and solid scientific evidence to make real-world decisions. As the evidence of the potential threat of climate change continues to accumulate, the authors of this volume take a comprehensive approach to understanding past societies in the North Atlantic region and their relationship to the landscapes and seascapes surrounding them. They ask the question, what can we learn from the past? Being at the climatic extreme of human settlement and a region hyper-sensitive to variations in climate, the experiences and responses of these people may prove to be the ‘canary in the coal mine’ for all of us interested in how to best face climate change in the future. -- Charles Redman, Arizona State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents Preface List of Figures and Tables 1.\tHumans:  A Force of Nature \tRuth A. Maher and Ramona Harrison 2.\tShaped by the Sea: the Archaeology of Orkney’s  Maritime Communities \tJulie Gibson 3.\tThe Prehistoric Village Old Scatness: A Research Study in  Longevity, Ecodynamics and Interactions \tStephen J. Dockrill and Julie M. Bond 4.\tCoupled Human and Natural Systems: a New Perspective  on Early Fishing and Fishing Cultures of Northern Norway \tColin Amundsen 5.\tLand of the Dead: Human Ecodynamics of Ritual and  Belief in Viking Period Iceland \tRuth A. Maher 6.\tMaterial Culture and North Atlantic Trade in Iceland  and Greenland \tAaron Kendall 7.\tConnecting the Land to the Sea at Gásir: International Exchange  and Long-Term Eyjafjörður Ecodynamics in Medieval Iceland \tRamona Harrison 8.\tLosing Sleep Counting Sheep:  Early Modern Dynamics of  Hazardous Husbandry in Mývatn, Iceland \tMegan Hicks 9.\tSorting Sheep \u0026amp; Goats in Medieval Iceland and Greenland:  Local Subsistence, Climate Change or World System Impacts? \tThomas H. McGovern, Ramona Harrison, Konrad Smiarowski 10.\tClimate-Related Farm-to-Shieling Transition at E74 Qorlortorsuaq  in Norse Greenland \tKonrad Smiarowski 11.\tLandscape legacies of Landnám in Iceland: What has happened  to the environment as a result of settlement, why did it happen  and what have been some of the consequences \tAndrew J. Dugmore, Thomas H. McGovern and Richard Streeter 12.\tNorth Atlantic Human Ecodynamics Research: Looking forwards  from the past \tThomas H. McGovern Index About the Authors","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037534257495,"sku":"9780739185476","price":88.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780739185476.jpg?v=1750936143","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/human-ecodynamics-in-the-north-atlantic-9780739185476","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}