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Archaeology, Ecological
History, and Conservation
Frances M. Hayashida
Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park,
Pennsylvania 16802; email:
[email protected]
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applied archaeology, anthropogenic landscapes, vegetation history,
human impacts, land-use legacies
Abstract
Ecologists have increasingly turned to history, including human history, to explain and manage modern ecosystems and landscapes. The
imprint of past land use can persist even in seemingly pristine areas.
Archaeology provides a long-term perspective on human actions and
their environmental consequences that can contribute to conservation and restoration efforts. Case studies illustrate examples of the
human history of seemingly pristine landscapes, forest loss and recovery, and the creation or maintenance of places that today are
valued habitats. Finally, as archaeologists become more involved in
research directed at contemporary environmental issues, they need
to consider the potential uses and abuses of their findings in management and policy debates.
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INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CLASSES OF EVIDENCE . . . . . . . . .
HUMAN IMPACTS ON
VEGETATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Overexploitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Alternatives to Overexploitation . . .
CASE STUDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Anthropogenic Landscapes:
Southern Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Anthropogenic Landscapes:
Tropical Forests . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION . . .
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INTRODUCTION
Ecologists and conservation biologists have
discovered the deep human past, long the
province of archaeologists. Browse through
their recent books and journals and you will
find a growing number of studies that consider archaeological evidence to explain and
manage current environments. This trend
can be tied to (a) an increasing interest in
how historical processes shape modern landscapes, (b) the recognition that humans are
part of landscape history even in areas long
thought of as pristine, and (c) the emergence
of restoration ecology with its goal of aiding
the recovery of degraded ecosystems using
historical reference conditions. At the same
time, archaeologists have begun to realize the
potential application of their work to current environmental research, management,
and policy (Cox et al. 1995, Erickson 2003,
Erlandson 2005, Fisher & Feinman 2005,
Lauwerier & Plug 2004, Louwe Kooijmans
1995, Lyman 1996, Macinnes & WickhamJones 1992, Peacock & Shauwecker 2003,
Redman 1999, Spriggs 2001, van der Leeuw &
Redman 2002). The development of historical ecology, which examines “the relationships
of humans and the biosphere in specific temporal, regional, cultural, and biotic contexts”
(Balée 1998b; see also Crumley 1994) has also
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triggered a rethinking of the long-term dynamics of nature and culture and their study
through the archaeological and paleoenvironmental records.
The explicit incorporation of archaeology into studies of current ecosystems, or
into conservation or restoration planning, is
still incipient. A number of recent essays and
studies have demonstrated the relevance of
zooarchaeology to wildlife management (Kay
& Simmons 2002, Lauwerier & Plug 2004,
Lyman 1996, Lyman & Cannon 2004). Here,
I join the discussion with a review of archaeology’s actual and potential contribution to understanding the history, long-term dynamics,
and lasting effects of human impacts on vegetation and consider the implications of this
work for ecology and conservation. Such a
review is particularly timely as debates heat
up over the disposition and management of
landscapes and resources in the United States
and abroad (e.g., the resilience of forests to
exploitation, the extent to which human actions aid or mimic natural processes, the rights
of indigenous groups to continued occupation or use of protected areas). These debates
are fundamentally political and ethical in nature, but they are informed by the findings of
researchers. Clearly, oversimplified assumptions about anthropogenic impacts and human nature based on an incomplete or skewed
understanding of the past can only lead to
misguided practices and policies. Archaeology
can inform these debates by providing information on human actions and their environmental consequences over very long periods
of time, a fact appreciated by ecologists who
look to the archaeological record. The time
has come for archaeologists to take a more
active role in designing and participating in
research that addresses contemporary environmental concerns and contributes to public
policy.
Forest ecologist David Foster and colleagues have written extensively on the importance of history, including human history,
to understand current ecosystems and landscapes (Foster 2000a, Foster 2000b, Foster &
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Aber 2004, Foster et al. 2003). The historical record provides a window on long-term
processes (e.g., succession, soil formation, responses to climate change), increases the sample size of observations [such as responses to
natural and anthropogenic disturbances (fire,
hurricanes, floods, clearing, farming)], and
documents ecosystem responses to rare events
(e.g., continental scale migrations, glacial cycles, major extinction episodes). Also, because of the time lag in ecosystem response
to disturbance and environmental change,
current ecosystem structure, function, and
composition cannot be fully understood or
explained without a historical perspective.
The lasting effects of past human actions
(termed “land-use legacies”) include changes
in species composition, successional dynamics, soils, water, topography, and nutrient cycling. Many seemingly natural areas have a
cultural past that is part of their ecological history; their conservation today requires
knowledge of that past and assessment of the
value of continuing or replicating past cultural
practices.
The human imprint on seemingly natural
areas was convincingly argued by Denevan
(1992) in his critique of the “pristine myth”
of the pre-Columbian Americas. Additional
work by geographers, archaeologists, historians, and others continues to illustrate the
ways that indigenous people of the Americas and elsewhere shaped the landscapes
they inhabited (Balée 1998a; Denevan 2001;
Doolittle 2000; Gómez-Pompa et al. 2003;
Head 1989, 2000; Kay & Simmons 2002;
Kirch & Hunt 1997; Lentz 2000; Minnis
& Elisens 2000; Peacock 1998; Willis et al.
2004), a fact often missed by colonial observers who wrote at a time of dramatic
population decline and severe social disruption. European colonial accounts have other
potential problems, including misunderstanding or falsely representing indigenous practices. Thus these sources imperfectly or
incompletely portray the pre-European reality and should be complemented with other
historical evidence from archaeology, paleoe-
cology, and indigenous histories. Comparison of complementary lines of evidence can
also identify landscapes that were not significantly transformed in the past [i.e., areas that
were unoccupied or had a light human imprint
(Lepofsky et al. 2003a)].
History is also essential to ecological
restoration, “an intentional activity that initiates or accelerates the recovery of an ecosystem with respect to its health, integrity and
sustainability” (Soc. Ecol. Restor. Sci. Policy Work. Group 2002) by returning it to its
historical trajectory based on reference conditions inferred from the historical, ethnographic, paleoecological, and archaeological
record (Egan & Howell 2001). Restored
ecosystems are not static, nor does restoration
necessarily aim to recover a pristine (prehuman) environment (Winterhalder et al. 2004).
Traditional cultural practices that reinforce
ecosystem health and sustainability are incorporated into restoration projects and plans
(Anderson & Barbour 2003, Egan 2003, Soc.
Ecol. Restor. Sci. Policy Work. Group 2002).
Archaeology can contribute to restoration
ecology by providing material evidence of past
environments and of how they were shaped by
human actions, including but not limited to
evidence on species ranges, extinctions, introductions, and the cultural practices that were
used to manage local resources (Alcoze 2003,
Alcoze & Hurteau 2001, Louwe Kooijmans
1995, O’Brien 2001).
This review is divided into four parts. It
opens by introducing the kinds of evidence
used to infer vegetation histories and human
impacts. Second, I describe how archaeologists have documented different kinds of human impacts on vegetation, such as overexploitation and deforestation, but also consider
management practices such as the renewable
harvest of woody resources and the planting and tending of wild species, all of which
have played a role in forming modern landscapes. Third, I present case studies of the
complex interactions of people, plants, and
landscapes through time and their long-term
effects, focusing on tropical forests. In this and
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preceding sections, the emphasis is on recent
literature because of space limitations. Finally,
the review would be incomplete without at
least a brief treatment of the political issues
surrounding studies of culture, nature, history, and conservation and how historical (including archaeological) studies might be applied or abused. Conservation biology and
restoration ecology developed because of the
dramatic degradation of ecosystems and the
continuing threats to biological diversity. For
some, human exclusion and the maintenance
of or return to wilderness is seen as the best
strategy. But many areas of concern for protection and restoration are home not only to
endangered plants and wildlife, but also to
people, including indigenous groups, whose
practices over the generations may have contributed to creating valued “natural” habitats, or recent colonists hoping to make a
living. If these areas are rich in resources (timber, mines, agricultural land), industries, large
landowners, and politicians also stake their
claims. Archaeologists may join the debate as
consultants or advocates, or they may adopt
a neutral stance; in any case, their work may
be seized upon or reinterpreted in ways they
never expected.
CLASSES OF EVIDENCE
Evidence of past human impacts and of
their long-term effects comes from a wide
range of sources, including environmental archaeology, paleoecology, history, geography,
geology, and cultural anthropology. Categories of data include botanical, faunal, and
geological observations from archaeological
sites and natural or off-site contexts (e.g., wetland cores, packrat middens); the distribution
of sites and landscape features (roads, paths,
fields) that provide information on population distribution, densities, and land use; current vegetation patterning; experiments that
replicate natural and cultural processes and
their effects; and written and oral historical
references to past environments and land-use
practices.
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For example, paleobotanical records from
site and off-site areas are used to reconstruct
the removal or burning of vegetation, the
introduction and spread of new species, the
cultivation or encouragement of wild and domesticated plants, and the harvesting of wood
and other forest products for fuel, timber,
food, and medicine. These practices and their
long-term effects are inferred from changes
in the types and frequencies of species represented (e.g., shade-tolerant versus lightdemanding, mesic versus xeric, fire-sensitive
versus fire-tolerant), changes in particle charcoal accumulations at off-site areas (reflecting
possible changes in burning regimes), and evidence for harvest strategies (e.g., collection of
dead wood or pruning that conserve woody
resources versus cutting down trees, shifts
through time to lower quality fuel types).
Although the great majority of vegetation
histories are still derived from pollen, there
has been an increase in studies relying on
other microfossils, such as starch and phytoliths, as well as macrofossil wood and charcoal from archaeological sites (Hather 1994,
Newsom 1993, Thiébault 2002). Geoarchaeological studies reveal the extent and timing
of erosion events that may be linked to deforestation or intensified agriculture, whereas
soil analyses are used to reconstruct the enrichment or depletion of soils through human
actions and their long-term effects (Adderley
et al. 2000, Beach et al. 2003, Glaser &
Woods 2004, Kristiansen 2001, Lehmann
et al. 2003b, Lopinot & Woods 1993, Sandor
1995, Simpson 1997, van Andel et al. 1990,
Woods 2004).
Faunal remains may also reflect environmental or land-use changes. For example, the
kinds and diversity of animals such as beetles, land snails, and small mammals can be
used as indicators of forest integrity or disturbance (Coles 1988, Desender et al. 1999,
Dincauze 2000, Hogue 2003, Hunt & Kirch
1997, Peacock & Melsheimer 2003, Stahl
2000). Human impacts on fauna (e.g., introduction of seed predators, extinction of seed
dispersers, declining human predation with
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depopulation) will also have significant, longterm effects on vegetation. Note, however,
that in some cases the human role is still heavily debated, e.g., for Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions (Barnosky et al. 2004, Fiedel
& Haynes 2004, Grayson & Meltzer 2003,
Grayson & Meltzer 2004, Martin & Steadman 1999). Another critical source of information on human impacts are regional studies based on systematic survey and remote
sensing, which provide information on the
changes in land-use practices, human settlements, and population dynamics through
time.
The combination of different lines of evidence leads to more robust interpretations of
landscape histories, although there are relatively few areas for which all potential sources
of information have been examined. Communication among researchers collecting different types of information—ecologists and
archaeologists for example—is often limited
because of traditional disciplinary boundaries
in universities, funding sources, and academic
literatures. Additionally, interdisciplinary research at the landscape scale is costly. Potential sources of funding include new programs
on humans and the environment (e.g., the
Human and Social Dynamics area of the U.S.
National Science Foundation).
HUMAN IMPACTS ON
VEGETATION
The section below introduces different kinds
of human impacts on vegetation. It begins
with the familiar examples of overexploitation
that resulted in deforestation, extinctions, and
degradation. I also include practices aimed
at increasing the abundance or reliability of
wild resources that had the effect of more
sustainable exploitation, increased diversity,
soil improvement, or the creation of anthropogenic environments that are valued habitats
today. Case studies follow with illustrations of
the complex interactions over time between
people and plants in a long acknowledged
cultural landscape (southern Sweden) and
in environments long perceived as pristine
(tropical forests).
Overexploitation
There are numerous studies of prehistoric
clearing and the overexploitation of plants
that resulted in lasting changes in soils, vegetation, and wildlife, including the extirpation
or extinction of species as habitats were altered or eliminated. A well-known example,
based primarily on pollen evidence, is the loss
of areas of upland forests in the British Isles
(Brown 1997, Dickson 2000, Simmons 2001).
The process began in the later Mesolithic,
as hunter gatherers maintained and created
canopy openings within the forest and along
forest edges to encourage the growth of favored species and to attract game. Increasing
areas were cleared in later periods for farming,
grazing, timber, and fuel, ultimately resulting
in the creation of moors and heathlands characterized by poor soils and low biodiversity.
Within the United States, pollen and sediment studies by McLauchlan (2003) suggest
local deforestation and increased soil erosion
coincide with the rise in reliance on cultivated
species during the Middle Woodland occupation (100 b.c. to a.d. 400) of the Fort Ancient
site in southern Ohio. At Cahokia, a major
Mississippian center ( a.d. 1050 to a.d. 1350),
residents deforested the area around them as
they opened fields and collected wood for fuel
and buildings, including the construction of
a 3 km wooden palisade using about 15,000
trees. The resultant erosion and increased
runoff triggered flooding that is linked to the
decline and eventual abandonment of the site
(Lopinot & Woods 1993; Woods 2003, 2004).
On islands, vegetation loss due to overexploitation and clearing can be exacerbated by
geographic isolation and the lack of nearby
seed sources for recolonization. Additional
problems (possible in any newly colonized
area, island, or continent) are the introduction by humans of seed predators (domesticated animals, rodents), or the loss of
seed dispersers due to hunting, predation by
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introduced animals, introduced disease, or
habitat fragmentation and loss. The best
known case is Easter Island, where overexploitation led to environmental degradation
and demographic and societal collapse (Flenley & Bahn 2003, Kirch 1997). When visited
by European explorers in the early eighteenth
century, the island was described as covered in
grasslands and virtually treeless. Pollen and
sediment studies from wetland cores as well
as the analysis of charcoal from archaeological
sites reveal that the island was forested when
Polynesian colonists first arrived in the late
seventh century (the earliest reliable radiocarbon date). Trees were cleared for agriculture,
burned for fuel, and used to make objects such
as the large canoes necessary for open ocean
transportation and fishing. Deforestation and
erosion began around a.d. 800 and proceeded
slowly but surely; by the mid-seventeenth century, the forests were nearly depleted and had
been replaced by grasses and weeds. Forest
loss may have caused intermittent streams to
run dry, further changing the island landscape.
The local extinction of 14 plant species was
detected in the charcoal record. One of the
lost trees was a species of palm; nuts recovered from the archaeological record all show
evidence of rodent gnawing, and it is likely
that these seeds were consumed by the Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans) that arrived with the
island’s colonists. The Polynesian rat is also
implicated in the dramatic decline of the lowland forests of the Hawaiian Islands (Athens
et al. 2002).
Alternatives to Overexploitation
The preceding examples of overexploitation
are well known, and many others could be
given (Amorosi et al. 1997, Kohler 1992,
Köhler-Rollefson & Rollefson 1990, Lagerås
& Bartholin 2003, McGovern 1994, Miller
1990). For conservation purposes, they illustrate a “lost past” that may inform restoration
efforts and also serve as essential cautionary
tales on the environmental and human costs
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man land use is not an inevitable story of depletion and degradation. There are also examples of sustainable use and practices that
maintained diversity or that resulted in the
creation of landscapes that are now valued
habitats. These examples have received less
attention, perhaps because they are less common or less dramatic (and thus perceived as
less interesting or less relevant to current conservation concerns). They may also be harder
to study; it is perhaps easier to infer depletion than conservation from the archaeological record. Assumptions about human nature
or the nature of indigenous people (as innately wasteful or destructive) also play a role
as Fairhead & Leach (1995) demonstrated in
their work in the Kissigoudou prefecture of
Guinea. Here, patches of forest surrounded by
savannah had been characterized as the remnants of a vast forest that had been devastated
by local inhabitants. A close study of the historical record and ethnographic observations
clearly demonstrated that the supposed forest remnants were in fact forest islands that
local residents had planted and tended in existing savannah. Similar examples of the management of wild plants can be found throughout the modern, historical, and archaeological
records and help to balance our perceptions of
human impacts.
Maintaining woody resources. Human
needs for wood were not always met by cutting down trees. Archaeobotanical studies of
charcoal can identify cases where dead wood,
recognizable through the growth of fungus or
the presence of insect holes, was collected for
fuel. Recent examples are described from the
coast of southeastern Brazil during the late
Holocene (Scheel-Ybert 2001) and from the
Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük East in Anatolia (Asouti & Hather 2001). Driftwood was
used for fuel and the manufacture of objects,
even in heavily forested coastal areas. Driftwood accounted for at least 18% of the charcoal assemblage of the Cape Addington Rockshelter in southeast Alaska, occupied from a.d.
160 to 1420. Its importance as a fuel and raw
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material is amply described in historical accounts (Lepofsky et al. 2003b).
In other cases, branches rather than whole
trees were harvested and used for fuel and
fodder. Small branches were burned at the
Neolithic-Chalcolithic Pınarbaşı campsite in
Anatolia, and Asouti (2003) notes that for
these taxa (Pistacia, Amygdalus) pruning would
have stimulated flowering and seed production, potentially increasing their local abundance. Terral (2000) also infers from the
Bronze Age charcoal record from sites on
the Mediterranean coast of France and Spain
pruning was used to manage olive trees.
Some trees sprout vigorously from the
stump (called coppicing) or roots (suckering)
when cut down. If a high stump is left (to
keep the tender sprouts out of the reach of
grazing animals), the practice is termed pollarding (Rackham 1998a). Coppicing and pollarding stimulate growth and extend the life
of trees (up to 1000 years for species studied in Europe), ensuring a rapidly renewable
and potentially sustainable supply of wood for
fuel, poles for construction, and branches for
fodder. Using written sources and fieldwork
on old coppiced trees, Rackham has painstakingly documented the history of these practices and their ecology in Britain and the
Mediterranean (Rackham 1996, 1998a,b).
Archaeological evidence for coppicing in
England extends back to the Neolithic [circa
(ca.) 5000 before present (b.p.)], when poles
were used to construct tracks for crossing the
wetlands at the Somerset Levels site (Coles
& Coles 1986). In pre-Columbian sites in
Florida and the Caribbean, the reliance on
mangrove for fuel over many generations
by growing populations without depletion is
also likely due to its prolific coppice growth
(Newsom 1993, Newsom & Wing 2004,
Scarry & Newsom 1992). In some heavily
modified landscapes, the persistence of forest
patches into modern times may be due to coppicing management practices. This is clearly
the case in the highly managed coppice woodlands of Britain and the Mediterranean, where
ancient coppice stools (the stumps) are still
evident, but may also be true for other areas,
where coppicing has not persisted in recent
times or left such obvious evidence.
The renewable harvest of wood or bark is
also recorded in the Pacific Northwest and
northern Scandinavia, where the cambium
layer of certain conifers was consumed. It was
often removed in strips, which did not kill
the tree but left a characteristic scar. Similarly,
Native Americans of the Great Basin removed
long, narrow pieces of wood to manufacture
bow staves from live junipers without killing
the tree. Examples of these “culturally modified trees” record past harvesting practices and
are also evidence of a historical human presence in areas where other kinds of archaeological remains may be sparse or difficult to detect (Mobley & Eldridge 1992, Östlund et al.
2004).
B.P.: before present
Planting and tending. Wild plant species
were also transplanted, cultivated, tended
or encouraged, resulting in their potentially
sustainable use. For example, in the late
pre-Hispanic Andes, the Inka planted Buddleia and possibly other trees for harvest
as fuelwood (Chepstow-Lusty & Winfield
2000, Hastorf & Johannessen 1996). There
are also many examples, both past and
present from throughout the world, of useful species planted in settlements, gardens,
and fields or spared during clearing (e.g.,
the ethnographically observed “managed succession” of trees in fallows). These practices could extend the range of certain
species, or increase their abundance, in areas
of human activity.
Both historical and archaeological evidence point to the management of nut trees
by Native Americans in the eastern United
States (Scarry 2003). Two recent studies
provide evidence for this practice by comparing the distribution of Native American
settlements and “witness trees,” interval
markers noted on the maps and notes of early
U.S. government surveyors. In southeastern
Pennsylvania, Black & Abrams (2001) compared the spatial distribution of witness
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trees recorded in the eighteenth century and
Susquehannock villages occupied in the late
sixteenth through mid-seventeenth centuries.
The higher than expected occurrence of hickory (Carya) and, to a lesser degree, walnut
( Juglans) in village catchments is not explained by topographic or edaphic differences.
This suggests their purposeful encouragement or cultivation, a practice recorded in
historical accounts. Similar observations were
made by Foster et al. (2004) in an analysis of
witness trees around historic Creek Indian villages in Alabama. Because witness tree records
are often used in the United States to establish
the “natural” baseline in long-term ecological
studies and for the purposes of restoration,
these examples highlight the importance of
understanding the many ways that landscapes
were shaped by indigenous inhabitants.
Human manipulation of vegetation to increase the production or reliability of wild
plant foods has a very deep history. Evidence
from throughout north temperate Europe, indicates that late Mesolithic hunter gatherers
burned forests to create or maintain clearings
to attract game and to encourage grasses and
other open habitat species (such as hazel, valued for its nuts) (Mason 2000, Mithen et al.
2001, Zvelebil 1995). It is also likely that they
cultivated or transplanted wild plants beyond
their natural ranges. Archaeologists are increasingly paying attention to the ways that
hunter-gatherers manipulate plant resources
to increase their abundance or reliability, what
Smith (2001) refers to as “low level food production.” These activities suggest that the
presumed natural (prefarming) pollen baseline used in vegetation history studies may in
fact reflect a landscape that had already been
significantly altered by people.
Other archaeological and paleoecological
examples of the tending or cultivation of
wild and semidomesticated trees are reported
for the Pacific Islands (Latinis 2000), Japan
(Kitagawa et al. 2004), the Caribbean
(Newsom & Pearsall 2003, Newsom & Wing
2004), the Maya region (discussed below), and
Spain and Portugal (Harrison 1996).
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Burning. The use of prescribed burning is a
much debated issue in ecology and forest management, particularly in areas prone to major
wildfires that threaten people, property, and
forests. In the United States, the likelihood
of catastrophic fires increased with the practice of fire suppression that interrupted the
natural and cultural fire regimes of the past
and resulted in large fuel accumulations. Fire
history and the presence or absence of anthropogenic burning in the past informs decisions
about forest and grassland management today as well as decisions concerning how or
whether prescribed burning should be carried
out.
Fire histories are generally based on the
analysis of off-site evidence, such as charcoal
and pollen from wetland cores, or fire scar
sequences from trees, together with historical evidence on fire frequency, lightning frequency, and human burning practices. This
information is compared against climatic reconstructions to identify periods of drying
that may have increased the probability of natural (lightning) ignitions. Evidence for human
versus natural ignition is inferred, for example, by an increase in charcoal accumulations
accompanied by the presence of pollen from
cultigens, suggesting burning to clear and prepare land for crops. The use of archaeological evidence to reconstruct fire histories has
been largely indirect, such as the coincidence
in timing for an increase in fire frequency
with human colonization or the expansion of
agricultural settlements. On-site archaeological evidence alone may not be sufficient to reconstruct burning history, but it contributes
to the interpretation of off-site evidence.
In Southern Appalachia, archaeological
and paleoecological evidence has been
combined to argue for the effects of human actions, including burning, on forest
composition in the Late Archaic and Early
Woodland periods beginning 3000 b.p.
(Delcourt & Delcourt 1997, 1998a,b;
Delcourt et al. 1998). On the basis of off-site
pollen and charcoal records, the location
of settlements, and the reconstruction of
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farming and hunting practices from archaeological remains, researchers inferred that
fire was used to clear small garden plots
and to create open grassy areas to attract
game on upper slopes and ridgetops. This
action encouraged the growth of fire tolerant
oaks, chestnut, and pine. Mixed mesophytic
forest persisted on the lower slopes and in
ravines, resulting in a diverse vegetation
mosaic. Recently, fire-adapted species have
been declining owing to the low incidence
of lightning along with fire suppression in
the twentieth century. The persistence of
valuable fire-adapted species as major forest
components and the preservation of the
landscape mosaic may therefore depend on
prescribed burning.
CASE STUDIES
The complex role of people in landscape history is perhaps best illustrated through more
extended presentation of case studies. I begin
with an area where the human role in shaping the landscape has long been recognized—
southern Sweden—and discuss how a historical perspective has been used to address current conservation concerns. I then discuss how
archaeology informs our understanding and
perceptions of tropical forests, where the human role in shaping landscapes over time is
still debated and closely linked to alarm over
the rapid rate of modern deforestation and resultant conflicts over how forests should be
managed and protected.
Anthropogenic Landscapes:
Southern Sweden
A key conservation concern in southern
Sweden has been the decline of rich deciduous forests and their replacement by species
poor forests dominated by spruce (Picea)
or beech (Fagus). Although partly explained
by natural causes (climate-driven continental scale migrations) and recent forestry practices, this transformation has also been linked
to past land uses, including grazing, burning,
and clearance for agriculture (Björkman &
Bradshaw 1996; Björse & Bradshaw 1998;
Lagerås 1996; Lindbladh & Bradshaw 1995,
1998; Lindbladh et al. 2000; Mikusiński et al.
2003). The remaining patches of mixed deciduous forest can also be partly attributed to
cultural causes.
In a remote sensing study, Mikunsiński
et al. (2003) noted that today stands of deciduous forest, often with old trees, are concentrated around villages where trees would
have been retained for “practical, aesthetic,
and cultural reasons.” This distribution is also
explained by the differential management of
lands dating back to the Medieval period, if
not earlier, when infields included intensively
farmed cereal fields and hay meadows for winter fodder production, and outfields were used
for forest grazing and slash and burn agriculture. Historical sources suggest that conifers
that sprouted in infields were weeded out because of the high acid and low nutrient content of their litter, reducing their spread into
maintained deciduous patches.
Lindbladh & Bradshaw (1995, 1998) compared pollen evidence from one infield and
two outfield areas at neighboring estates in
Småland. They found that prior to a.d. 1100
all areas were covered by mixed deciduous
forests. After that date the pollen evidence
from the infield suggests the creation and prolonged (800 years) management of a mosaic
of meadows, fields, pastures, and pollarded
trees that supported a high diversity of species.
With abandonment 100 years ago, floristic diversity declined. A previous decrease in diversity began at ca. a.d. 1400 when the population of local residents (and maintenance of
the meadow system) declined with the spread
of the black death. In contrast to the infields,
the outfields maintained continuous forest
cover, and there was no evidence for intensive
grazing as has been observed in the outfields of
other regions. Conifers first gained a foothold
in these forests around a.d. 1400. Slash and
burn agriculture was practiced in outfields
during the eighteenth and nineteenth century, and once outfields were abandoned,
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conifers spread and dominated regenerating
forests.
Although deciduous forests and the threatened species they support have a high conservation value, there is also a need to protect and restore species in rich seminatural
grasslands. Eriksson et al. (2002) observe that
natural grasslands predate human occupation of southern Scandinavia, but they argue
that grassland habitats and connectivity increased with human management (mowing
and grazing) dating as far back as the Neolithic
(Cousins et al. 2002). In this way, human activities may have increased local plant species diversity over time in these grasslands (Eriksson
et al. 2002). The high diversity found in these
areas is now sharply declining; in Sweden,
the loss of seminatural grasslands over the
past 80 years is estimated at approximately
90% (Eriksson et al. 2002), owing to forest
encroachment once grazing or other maintenance ceases and to direct conversion to
agricultural fields or plantations. This decline
in grassland habitats and connectivity has resulted in an increase in local extinction rates
and a decrease in species richness. Historical
studies, including archaeology and paleoecology, reveal how these landscapes evolved and
how they might be preserved.
Anthropogenic Landscapes:
Tropical Forests
Tropical forests today are valued for the
abundance, uniqueness, or diversity of the
plant and animal life they support and
for their large-scale effects on atmospheric
processes and conditions. As such, they
have often been defined as pristine, natural, or wild, and the effects of human impacts have often been overlooked or misconstrued. Many are located in areas that
were subjected to European colonial expansion that resulted in (a) the abandonment of
land (and its subsequent “return to nature”)
because of forced resettlement, migration,
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acterization of indigenous land-use practices
(such as swidden farming and hunting) as inherently wasteful and destructive, further justifying the control or exclusion of indigenous
inhabitants.
Efforts to emphasize the natural character of tropical forests are also spurred by the
real threats posed by logging, urbanization,
intensive agriculture, and the conversion of
forest to pasturelands. Many fear that acknowledging the human past of wild areas will
be used to justify their intensive use today.
These fears are valid because arguments of
this type have been made in other contexts
[e.g., the equation of anthropogenic and natural burning with clear cutting in North American forests (Bonnicksen 1994; see discussion
in Fritz 2000)]. But the response should be
more research, not less, on historical human
impacts (which in some areas may in fact be
minimal) to understand current landscapes
and to identify alternatives to destructive
contemporary land-use practices. Increasingly, conservationists are realizing that strict
preservation (whether desirable or not) is not
feasible for most of the world’s tropical forest
areas.
Toward these ends, there has been a
growth in research by both natural and social scientists on forest history and the role of
disturbances both natural and cultural, such as
fire, hurricanes, logging, clearing for agriculture and grazing, and their interactions. How
do forests respond to disturbances of different kinds, scales, intensities, and durations?
How does past land use affect modern structure, composition, and function? What are examples of both degradation and enhancement
in the past, and how might this knowledge
inform contemporary land use (e.g., by illustrating possible lower impact alternatives to
deforestation)?
Disturbance. Whitmore & Burslem (1998)
reviewed evidence on the significance of
large-scale disturbances on the structure and
composition of tropical rainforests. Disturbances are events that create gaps in the
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forest canopy; an example of a small-scale natural disturbance would be an individual tree
fall. Small-scale disturbances occur with high
frequency and are easily observed and studied. Larger scale disturbances include natural events such as landslides, wind storms,
floods, and fire, as well as human activities
such as clearing plots for agriculture and logging. These rarer disturbances, with return
intervals of decades or centuries, appear to
be important components of forest history
in most if not all tropical areas. Clearings
or gaps in the canopy encourage the establishment of more light-demanding trees and
understory species or recruitment of established seedlings and saplings of shade tolerant species. Small gaps tend to favor shadetolerant species, whereas larger disturbances
that destroy understory vegetation result in
the establishment and numerical dominance
of light-demanding trees. If these trees are allowed to grow (e.g., in a swidden system with
a long fallow period or under natural disturbance regimes), the result is a mosaic of forest
patches in different stages of succession. Similar disturbance dynamics have been examined
for other kinds of forests.
Solomon Islands. These ideas are explored
in the Marovo Lagoon region of the Solomon
Islands by Bayliss-Smith et al. (2003). The
study area is a large tract of unbroken forest often depicted as pristine and under consideration as a United Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Organization World
Heritage Area. Historical sources suggest that
in ca. 1800, before intensive European contact, local inland residents relied on irrigated
pondfields (taro), mixed bush fallow swidden
farming (mainly dryland taro and yams), and
the products from secondary forests of fallowed fields (Canarium nut trees, leafy greens,
ferns, wild yams, and medicinal plants). Depopulation and social disruption caused by increased European contact led to the eventual
abandonment of the inland area by the late
nineteenth century, and the remaining population moved toward the coast. Cleared areas
of the forest regenerated, resulting in the apparent wilderness seen today. Archaeological
survey confirms the inland presence of numerous settlements, forts, ceremonial grounds,
taro terraces, and nut groves. The locations
of settlements correlate with patches of forest
dominated by Campnosperma brevipetoliata, a
light-demanding species that recruits well in
areas of large-scale disturbance. In this case,
the forest gaps colonized by Campnosperma
were probably abandoned swidden fields. The
authors argue that the anthropogenic disturbance history of these forests indicates greater
resilience than is commonly acknowledged
and they suggest that some relatively light
forest disturbance activities, such as reducedimpact logging, may be viable and sustainable
land-use options today.
In the Solomon Islands, population decline
and reforestation occurred within the past 200
years. The Maya forest and the wealth of archaeological, paleocological, and ecological
studies that have been conducted present the
opportunity to explore an example of longterm forest history and the dynamics of people, plants, landscape, and climate (GómezPompa et al. 2003, Turner et al. 2004)
Maya: deforestation and recovery. In the
Maya Lowlands, where a series of lake core
studies (primarily from the Petén) complements decades of archaeological survey
and excavations, four general periods in the
Holocene history of the forests can be discerned (Brenner et al. 1990, Curtis et al. 1998,
Dunning et al. 1998, Islebe et al. 1996, Leyden
1987):
1. A prehuman landscape, when the
pollen of mature forest species is most
prevalent;
2. A prolonged episode of clearing seen
as a decrease in the abundance of high
forest species and as an increase in disturbance taxa (grasses, weeds) and in
secondary forest taxa, attributable to
human entry in the region, as well as the
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establishment and spread of agriculture
near settlements;
3. A period of increased deforestation detected as a dramatic drop in tree pollen
abundance (both mature and secondary
forest taxa), a rise in grass, weeds, and
maize pollen, as well as widespread soil
erosion, seen as a thick layer of “Maya
clay” in many of the lake cores; and finally
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4. Reforestation, when both high and secondary forest taxa rebounded. Maize
pollen persisted.
Reforestation has been dated to either the
period following the Classic Maya collapse of
ca. a.d. 800–1000, or much later, on the heels
of the Spanish invasion in the seventeenth
century. This discrepancy can be attributed to
the lack of absolute dates for the early cores
together with the fact that some areas continued to be occupied and farmed throughout the Postclassic (i.e., recovery took place at
different rates in different places). A recent,
well-dated core from the large Lake Petén Itza
indicates that reforestation of at least some areas began ca. 1100 to 1000 b.p., following the
Classic Maya collapse (Curtis et al. 1998).
Forest recovery is typically attributed to
the decrease in population following the collapse, but changes in forest composition also
suggest a possible alteration of farming practices, which were based primarily on swidden
in the upland areas and supplemented by wetland agriculture in the low-lying, seasonally
flooded bajos, terracing of upland slopes, and
agroforesty (in swidden fields and house gardens) (Whitmore & Turner 2001). The very
low abundance of both mature and secondary
tree taxa during the period of maximum disturbance suggests both increased clearing and
a shortening of fallow periods. The recovery
of both mature and secondary forest taxa during the last phase together with the continued
presence of maize suggest (a) that less total
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clines but perhaps also reflecting a cultural response to the crisis of soil and forest loss.
Ecologists have pondered the reforestation
of the Maya region. How did it take place?
One possibility is that the uplands were recolonized by trees from the less heavily farmed
bajos, as suggested by Pérez-Salicrup (2004)
for the southern Yucatan. However, many upland forest species are absent from or extremely rare in bajos in the Maya region today (Schulze & Whitacre 1999), which argues
for an upland seed source during postcollapse
reforestation. Other possible seed sources
were managed plots dominated by economic
species, such as house gardens, tended groves,
and “forest gardens” resulting from selective cutting and planting of trees in swidden
fields (Gómez-Pompa et al. 1990, Lentz et al.
2000, McKillop 1994, Peters 2000, Turner &
Misicek 1984). Also important were the
forested, unoccupied areas between competing polities that served as both buffer zones
and battle grounds (Taube 2003). Forests were
conceptualized by the ancient Maya as sinister
places, associated with darkness, evil, wild animals, and disorder, as opposed to the well delineated, socially constructed spaces of fields,
houses, and settlements. Thus expanses of
forests were preserved out of respect for and
fear of wild and human threats. Finally it’s important to note that the collapse was not a single, brief event. Instead, the abandonment of
major centers and shifts in population took
place at different times and at different rates
(Webster 2002). Thus Allen et al. (2003) observe that forest resources may have been depleted in some areas while recovering in others, resulting in a shifting mosaic that helped
to preserve biodiversity.
Other land-use legacies that potentially affected the recovery of the Maya forest and
its current structure and composition were
changes in soils and topography from upland
erosion and aggradation in lakes and bajos
(Beach 1998, Beach et al. 2003, Dunning &
Beach 2000), the construction in some areas
of soil conservation features (terraces, check
dams) that captured eroded sediments (Beach
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et al. 2002, Dunning & Beach 1994), the addition of soil amendments both intentional
(fertilizers on fields) and unintentional (human waste at settlements), and the creation of
microenvironments on the ruins themselves.
Certain tree species (notably ramón or Brosimum alicastrum) prefer the edaphic conditions
of the high limestone structures (Lambert &
Arnason 1982, Schulze & Whitacre 1999),
and their seeds are dispersed by bats, who feed
on the fruit and reside in the ruins (Peters
2000).
In summary, the lesson of the Maya forest is not simply that “tropical forests are resilient” but rather that (a) human land use has
lasting effects, (b) a recovered forest may be
different from the forest prior to intensive use
(even with significant population decline), and
(c) the conservation and recovery of biodiversity may be dependent on the purposeful cultivation and tending of plants, changes in landuse practices, reduced or shifting populations
over long periods of time to allow for local
and regional recovery, and the preservation of
uninhabited areas (the buffer zones).
Amazonia: anthropogenic forests and
soils. Perhaps the one area where the pristine
character of the forest has been most heatedly
debated is Amazonia. The debate is closely
tied to the long held idea that rainforests,
with their impoverished soils and concentration of energy in the canopy, create severely
limiting conditions for foraging and farming. Yet ethnographic and archaeological research has repeatedly demonstrated how people transformed or enhanced the Amazonian
landscape, both creating and managing resources (Balée 1993, Denevan 2001, Erickson
2000, Erickson 2003, Glaser & Woods 2004,
Lehmann et al. 2003b, Oliver 2001, Petersen
et al. 2001, Politis 2001, Posey 2002, Roosevelt 2000, Stahl 1996, Zent & Zent 2004).
Of particular interest for ecology and conservation is how unintentional and intentional
human actions have resulted in compositionally distinct patches or stands of plants. These
anthropogenic forests may cover 12% or more
of the Amazon forest (Balée 1989). Some
species, including the babaçu palm (Orbignya
phalerata), readily colonize burned clearings
such as fallows, and populations may expand
in response to anthropogenic disturbance. Favored tree species may be spared during clearing or planted in fields, clearings along trails,
and house gardens. The discarded seeds of
collected fruit sprout and thrive in the enriched soils of camps and settlements. Game
animals are also attracted to the high abundance of fruits at these sites, and some disperse
seeds in the immediate area, further enriching
the stand. Old habitation sites (whether temporary or permanent) and fallows thus form
resource-rich patches, which may be revisited
or reoccupied over generations.
Clearly, not all patches of useful species
have a human origin and edaphic conditions,
the habits of animal dispersers, and natural disturbances must be taken into account.
In the Columbian Amazon, Politis (2001)
noted that plantain favors the unstable soil
of ridgetops, whereas moriche palm (Mauritia flexuosa) is abundant in poorly drained
areas. Animals create aggregations by depositing the seeds of palms and other trees
in the areas of consumption [e.g., agoutis
(Silvius & Fragoso 2003)] or at distant latrine sites [e.g., tapirs (Fragoso et al. 2003)].
Babaçu readily sprouts in fallows, but it does
not require human forest disturbance for regeneration. These observations are important to keep in mind when using vegetation to identify areas of past human activity
or when quantifying areas of anthropogenic
forest, just as studies of “natural” aggregations and diversity need to consider possible
cultural origins.
The antiquity of management practices
is inferred from (a) the presence in archaeological sites of the remains of plants that
are managed today (Morcote-Rios & Bernal
2001, Oliver 2001, Politis 2001, Scheel-Ybert
2001) and (b) the association of stands of useful plants with archaeological sites, particularly with Amazonian dark earth (ADE) deposits (Balée 1989, Clement et al. 2003), most
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of which are between 500 and 2500 years old
(Neves et al. 2003).
ADEs are fertile anthrosols capable of
much higher production than the natural upland (terra firme) soils. They are characterized by a high charcoal content and other
organic inputs. The charcoal addition stimulates the development of beneficial microorganisms, improves nutrient uptake, and reduces nutrient loss from leaching (Glaser et al.
2003, Lehmann et al. 2003a). The darker
(terra preta) ADE is laden with artifacts and
the organic trash (bone, shell and plant remains, nightsoil, ashes, construction material)
typically generated at settlements (Erickson
2003). The lighter, more extensive, and artifact free terra mulata was probably formed
through agricultural practices (and enabled
short cropping/short fallow) with the addition
of charred plant remains, ash, compost, and
mulch (Denevan 2004). Both types of ADEs
were likely farmed in the past, and remarkably, they continue to maintain their fertility
into the present (Glaser et al. 2003). The productive potential of ADE has been linked to
the development of complex societies in the
ancient Amazon (Neves et al. 2003).
Today, ADE is of conservation interest because of the high diversity of plants it supports
(Clement et al. 2003). Also, efforts to revive
this indigenous technology today hold the
promise of slowing the rate of deforestation
by providing an alternative to more extensive, unsustainable land-use practices (Madari
et al. 2004, Soembroek et al. 2003, Steiner
et al. 2004). Uncertainty remains about the
processes by which ADE is formed, as well
as the time required for transformation of
weathered, nutrient-poor Amazonian soils to
nutrient-rich, stable ADEs, doubts that could
in part be resolved through continued examination of the archaeological evidence.
SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION
In the preceding sections, I presented examples of the ways that archaeology can
contribute to understanding the long-term
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dynamics of people, plants, and landscapes.
It is a source of information on land-use
practices (burning, grazing, cultivation) that
shifted vegetation composition and succession and that sometimes resulted in overexploitation, degradation, and extinctions. Archaeology also shows us how people in the
past maintained, increased, or protected plant
resources resulting in long-term, sustainable
harvest and the creation of patches of certain species, fire-adapted forests, or grasslands
and other open habitats. In some cases, the
anthropogenic origins of seemingly natural
landscapes are only now being recognized and
investigated. We are beginning to see how human maintenance over generations has created ecosystems that will disappear or deteriorate without continued care. The grasslands
of southern Scandinavia provide one such example, as do the fire-adapted forests of Southern Appalachia. The managed woodlands of
Europe also suffer from neglect, partly intentional and derived from a desire to “return”
these woods to nature, resulting in the loss of
species (Rackham 1998a).
In considering anthropogenic landscapes,
it is important to emphasize that not all human disturbance is the same, and different
practices can have very different effects. For
example, the discovery of artifacts or ancient
settlements deep in a forest by itself tells us
nothing about the extent and kinds of human
impacts nor about forest resilience and recovery. Thus for archaeology and other historical
disciplines to inform modern decision making, we need to be as specific and accurate as
possible about the events and processes of the
past and their environmental, ecosystemic,
and cultural contexts. Some restorations
may not be feasible at present because climates have changed. Current proposed economic uses (e.g., logging) may have radically
different effects than uses (e.g., farming) in
the past. Species reintroductions may fail because key components of past ecosystems are
missing or cannot be replicated. It may be difficult to revive past cultural practices, even if
they are seen as desirable from a conservation
point of view, because of radical differences
in human values, social organization, and new
economic and political realities.
We also need to understand how the past
informs contemporary decision making because of the different spins put on the discovery that a landscape is not pristine or that
people manipulated nature. It can be used in
several ways:
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To depict indigenous people as despoilers of the land, influencing public
opinion and creating possible grounds
for denying land or resource use
rights (see examples in Head 1989,
Head 1990, Spriggs 2001). Head (1990)
notes that this same logic is not used
to question the rights of European
colonizers.
To excuse modern destructive landuse practices or episodes of pollution
on the principle that the land was already spoiled (Wooley 2002). A variant
argues that intensive logging is justified because forests have recovered in
the past (without regard for the conditions or extent of past deforestation
or the conditions and time needed for
recovery).
As justification for modern development (logging, mining) on the grounds
that these practices mimic natural processes and indigenous practices [e.g.,
the equation of clear cutting with
natural and anthropogenic burning
(Bonnicksen 1994)]. A variant argues
that modern genetic modification of
crops mimics ancient practices (early
domestication) and is therefore time
tested and safe (Fedoroff 2003).
History matters in understanding ecosystems, in formulating management plans and
policy, in shaping public opinion, in reinforcing or negating indigenous rights, and in neglecting certain landscapes because they are
not natural enough or in degrading others because they are not pristine. As archaeologists
take a larger role in research relevant to current environmental and land-use issues, the
intersection of research and public policy debate is inevitable. Others will use archaeological findings in ways we had not anticipated,
in many cases misinterpreting or deliberately
misusing them. Only by taking active roles can
we shape how our research results are interpreted in public discourse and applied to policy outcomes.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I am grateful to Anne Buchanan, Clark Erickson, Lee Newsom, David Webster, and especially
Mark Schulze who contributed to this review through discussion, debate, suggestions for references, or comments on earlier drafts. I also thank Colleen Strawhacker, who helped to compile
and organize the references.
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Contents
Volume 34, 2005
Frontispiece
Sally Falk Moore ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ xvi
Prefatory Chapter
Comparisons: Possible and Impossible
Sally Falk Moore ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 1
Archaeology
Archaeology, Ecological History, and Conservation
Frances M. Hayashida ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣43
Archaeology of the Body
Rosemary A. Joyce ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 139
Looting and the World’s Archaeological Heritage: The Inadequate
Response
Neil Brodie and Colin Renfrew ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 343
Through Wary Eyes: Indigenous Perspectives on Archaeology
Joe Watkins ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 429
The Archaeology of Black Americans in Recent Times
Mark P. Leone, Cheryl Janifer LaRoche, and Jennifer J. Babiarz ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 575
Biological Anthropology
Early Modern Humans
Erik Trinkaus ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 207
Metabolic Adaptation in Indigenous Siberian Populations
William R. Leonard, J. Josh Snodgrass, and Mark V. Sorensen ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 451
The Ecologies of Human Immune Function
Thomas W. McDade ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 495
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Linguistics and Communicative Practices
New Directions in Pidgin and Creole Studies
Marlyse Baptista ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣33
Pierre Bourdieu and the Practices of Language
William F. Hanks ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣67
Areal Linguistics and Mainland Southeast Asia
N.J. Enfield ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 181
Communicability, Racial Discourse, and Disease
Charles L. Briggs ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 269
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Will Indigenous Languages Survive?
Michael Walsh ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 293
Linguistic, Cultural, and Biological Diversity
Luisa Maffi ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 599
International Anthropology and Regional Studies
Caste and Politics: Identity Over System
Dipankar Gupta ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 409
Indigenous Movements in Australia
Francesca Merlan ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 473
Indigenous Movements in Latin America, 1992–2004: Controversies,
Ironies, New Directions
Jean E. Jackson and Kay B. Warren ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 549
Sociocultural Anthropology
The Cultural Politics of Body Size
Helen Gremillion ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣13
Too Much for Too Few: Problems of Indigenous Land Rights in Latin
America
Anthony Stocks ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣85
Intellectuals and Nationalism: Anthropological Engagements
Dominic Boyer and Claudio Lomnitz ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 105
The Effect of Market Economies on the Well-Being of Indigenous
Peoples and on Their Use of Renewable Natural Resources
Ricardo Godoy, Victoria Reyes-Garcı́a, Elizabeth Byron, William R. Leonard,
and Vincent Vadez ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 121
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An Excess of Description: Ethnography, Race, and Visual Technologies
Deborah Poole ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 159
Race and Ethnicity in Public Health Research: Models to Explain
Health Disparities
William W. Dressler, Kathryn S. Oths, and Clarence C. Gravlee ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 231
Recent Ethnographic Research on North American Indigenous
Peoples
Pauline Turner Strong ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 253
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The Anthropology of the Beginnings and Ends of Life
Sharon R. Kaufman and Lynn M. Morgan ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 317
Immigrant Racialization and the New Savage Slot: Race, Migration,
and Immigration in the New Europe
Paul A. Silverstein ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 363
Autochthony: Local or Global? New Modes in the Struggle over
Citizenship and Belonging in Africa and Europe
Bambi Ceuppens and Peter Geschiere ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 385
Caste and Politics: Identity Over System
Dipankar Gupta ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 409
The Evolution of Human Physical Attractiveness
Steven W. Gangestad and Glenn J. Scheyd ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 523
Mapping Indigenous Lands
Mac Chapin, Zachary Lamb, and Bill Threlkeld ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 619
Human Rights, Biomedical Science, and Infectious Diseases Among
South American Indigenous Groups
A. Magdalena Hurtado, Carol A. Lambourne, Paul James, Kim Hill,
Karen Cheman, and Keely Baca ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 639
Interrogating Racism: Toward an Antiracist Anthropology
Leith Mullings ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 667
Enhancement Technologies and the Body
Linda F. Hogle ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 695
Social and Cultural Policies Toward Indigenous Peoples: Perspectives
from Latin America
Guillermo de la Peña ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 717
Surfacing the Body Interior
Janelle S. Taylor ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 741
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Theme 1: Race and Racism
Race and Ethnicity in Public Health Research: Models to Explain
Health Disparities
William W. Dressler, Kathryn S. Oths, and Clarence C. Gravlee ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 231
Communicability, Racial Discourse, and Disease
Charles L. Briggs ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 269
Immigrant Racialization and the New Savage Slot: Race, Migration,
and Immigration in the New Europe
Paul A. Silverstein ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 363
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The Archaeology of Black Americans in Recent Times
Mark P. Leone, Cheryl Janifer LaRoche, and Jennifer J. Babiarz ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 575
Interrogating Racism: Toward an Antiracist Anthropology
Leith Mullings ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 667
Theme 2: Indigenous Peoples
The Effect of Market Economies on the Well-Being of Indigenous
Peoples and on Their Use of Renewable Natural Resources
Ricardo Godoy, Victoria Reyes-Garcı́a, Elizabeth Byron, William R. Leonard,
and Vincent Vadez ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 121
Recent Ethnographic Research on North American Indigenous
Peoples
Pauline Turner Strong ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 253
Will Indigenous Languages Survive?
Michael Walsh ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 293
Autochthony: Local or Global? New Modes in the Struggle over
Citizenship and Belonging in Africa and Europe
Bambi Ceuppens and Peter Geschiere ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 385
Through Wary Eyes: Indigenous Perspectives on Archaeology
Joe Watkins ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 429
Metabolic Adaptation in Indigenous Siberian Populations
William R. Leonard, J. Josh Snodgrass, and Mark V. Sorensen ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 451
Indigenous Movements in Australia
Francesca Merlan ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 473
Indigenous Movements in Latin America, 1992–2004: Controversies,
Ironies, New Directions
Jean E. Jackson and Kay B. Warren ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 549
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Linguistic, Cultural, and Biological Diversity
Luisa Maffi ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 599
Human Rights, Biomedical Science, and Infectious Diseases Among
South American Indigenous Groups
A. Magdalena Hurtado, Carol A. Lambourne, Paul James, Kim Hill,
Karen Cheman, and Keely Baca ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 639
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Social and Cultural Policies Toward Indigenous Peoples: Perspectives
from Latin America
Guillermo de la Peña ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 717
Indexes
Subject Index ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 757
Cumulative Index of Contributing Authors, Volumes 26–34 ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 771
Cumulative Index of Chapter Titles, Volumes 26–34 ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ 774
Errata
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