From Wet Lands to Dry Spaces (and Back Again): Archaeological Perspectives on the Use, Drainage, and Restoration of the Kankakee Wetlands, USA

Journal of Wetland Archaeology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 22(1-2), P. 97 - 111

Published: May 18, 2022

The Kankakee River in the midcontinent of United States was once home to one largest wetlands world, Grand Marsh, as well countless smaller along its margins. Beginning mid nineteenth century, over 200,000 ha Marsh drained with an untold number wetlands. Yet, while were devalued these ecosystems prized hunting, plant collection, and horticultural grounds prior Euro-American settlement, are increasingly recognized for their ecosystem services today. This paper investigates use by late precolonial Indigenous communities using data compiled from a large, public archaeological project conducted at active restoration site, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Illinois. Findings provide key floral faunal reference data, highlight land strategies this seventeenth century Native American agricultural community, indicate increased precipitation trends favourable success wetland restoration.

Language: Английский

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The ecosystem services framework in archaeology (and vice versa)

People and Nature, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 4(6), P. 1450 - 1460

Published: Sept. 23, 2022

Abstract Economics, ecology and archaeology study various aspects of resource utilisation mobilisation, differing in the studied systems, objects currencies. However, three disciplines have developed mostly independently, resulting limited dialogue among them. Emergent fields such as ecological economics environmental are now linking promoting them, but a theoretical framework that links all at once is missing. I propose ecosystem services (ES) can serve framework. Moreover, after an ES‐centred establishes, it will be capable further evolving – independently ES—into unified superdiscipline, relieving boundaries disciplines. To demonstrate this potential, present some examples archaeology‐ES linkages, relating to past, future. show, general, how studies past ES informs us on current ES, well benefit archaeological practice. Thus, strong interface between promote disciplines, provide them with new practical tools, resolve issues sustainability ancient societies anthropocentricity monetisation ES. Read free Plain Language Summary for article Journal blog.

Language: Английский

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Catch ‘em When the Water is Low: Longue Durée Hypothesis on Floodplains Fishing and its Rhythm in the Palembang and Jambi Region of Sumatra

The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 21

Published: Jan. 29, 2024

Fishing and wetlands have in many cases been essential facets of life but are often overlooked archaeological historical research. In this article, we focus on the floodplains Palembang Jambi region Sumatra, where both these aspects comprehensively entwined. The floodplain fisheries there highly productive, function a rhythm with hydrological cycle rivers. By combining pre-existing archaeological, ethnographic information modern environmental data, propose longue durée hypothesis for their use past. We also examine how fishing may contributed to provisioning Jambi, it would fit other Sumatran culture such as rice cultivation overseas trade. This is achieved by linking production schedules sailing seasons simulated qtVlm navigation software.

Language: Английский

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Pleistocene to Holocene continuity and discontinuity in California Northern Channel Island marine invertebrate communities

Quaternary Science Advances, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13, P. 100167 - 100167

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

There is growing interest in analyzing interdisciplinary datasets to better understand the evolution of ecosystems through deep time. One burgeoning area has been integration archaeological and fossil data evaluate long-term structure function habitats, floral faunal communities, ecosystems. Here, marine invertebrate from Holocene sites Pleistocene terrace deposits on California's Northern Channel Islands are combined glean insights into nearshore ecosystems, composition intertidal formation shell middens. While a variety methodological, analytical, taphonomic challenges comparing disparate contexts were identified, we offer perspectives for surmounting these future research. These findings indicate that data, spanning tens thousands years, offers important coastal climate change California around world.

Language: Английский

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Historical Ecology and the Archaeology of Islands and Coastlines

Oxford University Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 22, 2024

Abstract Historical ecology is the study of interactions between people, other organisms, and ecosystems in past how these perspectives can help understand present future environmental conditions. Sitting at interface terrestrial marine ecosystems, island coastal regions are centers biological diversity have long been a focus archaeological research. Island archaeology deeply intertwined with historical ecology, often providing applications to conservation biology restoration ecology. These include numerous interdisciplinary projects using diverse methodological toolkits document long-term trends species evaluations reintroduction, invasions translocations, landscape restoration, climate change. In this time dramatic change rapidly increasing human dominance Earth’s now more important than ever bridge gap ecosystem function structure, present-day challenges, collaboration descendant stakeholder communities, persistence biodiversity society future.

Language: Английский

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