The lost woodlands of ancient Nasca: a case-study in ecological and cultural collapse
Beresford-Jones, David
The vanished civilization of the Nasca is famous for its enigmatic giant ritual pathways through the desert pampa of Peru. But how and why did the civilization collapse? This new and detailed archaeological study argues that deforestation of river valleys, in particular the loss of the huarango tree, may have been to blame. INDICE: 1: Introduction; 2: The South Coast Desert; 3: A Lost Landscape - Ancient Settlement of Ullujaya and Samaca; 4: Tracing Landscape Change - The Geomorphological Record; 5: Tracing Human Ecology - The Archaeobotanical and Malacological Record; 6: Deforestation; 7: The Huarango - The Genus Prosopis on the South Coast; 8: The Huarango in Desert Riparian and Agricultural Ecosystems; 9: The Sonoran Desert - An Ethnoecological Analogue; 10: Putting the Tree Back into the Landscape
- ISBN: 978-0-19-726476-8
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 208
- Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés