Continuity and Change in Cultural Adaptation to Mountain Environments From Prehistory to Contemporary Threats

“This volume presents papers from various disciplines with the same focus: to identify and evaluate human relationships with mountain ecosystems. … The broad scope of topics makes this book a practical introduction to the various issues affecting mountain people in the past and the present. … an approachable introductory volume for students and scholars from any background with an interest in the study of human adaptations to mountain environments.” (Genevieve Dewar, Canadian Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 38 (1), 2014)"this is a book of two halves.... The first deals with archaeological and historical surveys in the Alps and the Pyrenees; the second half focuses on studies of contemporary mountain communities, addressing the social, economic and political challenges faced by those living in upland areas of countries including Bolivia, Nepal, China, and the Philippines. In the thematic context of the volume, these later chapters intersect well with the earlier ones--- not least , these communities demonstrate strong historical identities and provide potentially interesting models for other mountain societies in the past, as well as ideas about sustainable social and economic organisation for the future" (Robert Witcher, Antiquity, Vol. 87, 2013)

Ludomir Lozny is current managing editor of the journal Human Ecology, and an adjunct professor at Hunter College in the Department of Archaeology.