Peter W Stahl, Fernando J Astudillo, Ross W Jamieson, Diego Quiroga, Florencio Delgado

Gebundenes Buch

Historical Ecology and Archaeology in the Galápagos Islands

A Legacy of Human Occupation

Beschreibung

The Galápagos Islands are one of the world's premiere nature attractions, home to unique ecosystems widely thought to be untouched and pristine. This volume reveals that the archipelago is not as isolated as many imagine, examining how centuries of human occupation have transformed its landscape.

Autor

Peter W. Stahl is professor emeritus of anthropology at Binghamton University and adjunct professor of anthropology at the University of Victoria. Fernando Astudillo is assistant professor of archaeology at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito. Ross W. Jamieson, associate professor of archaeology at Simon Fraser University, is the author of Domestic Architecture and Power: The Historical Archaeology of Colonial Ecuador. Diego Quiroga is vice president of research at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito and co-director of the Galápagos Academic Institute for the Arts and Sciences. He is the coeditor of Darwin, Darwinism and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands: The Legacy of Darwin and its New Applications. Florencio Delgado is professor of anthropology and director of CIS at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of Florida
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780813066271
• ISBN-10: 0813066271
• Artikelnr.: 56262125