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Foreword / by Clark L. Erickson -- Archaeology of invisible landscapes / Stéphen Rostain -- Pedological perspective : concepts and facts / Michel Brossard and Jeanne Brancier -- Soil micromorphology / Jeanne Brancier and Cécilia Cammas -- Physicochemical analysis of neotropical soils / Jeanne Brancier, Amandine Courte, Dominique Todisco and Michel Brossard -- Magnetic properties of soils / François Lévêque -- Geomagnetic survey / François Lévêque -- Pedestrian archaeological surveys in Neotropical rainforests / Mickael Mestre and Martijn Van Den Bel -- Detecting ditched sites on LiDAR-generated digital elevation models : from technical specifications to interpretation keys / Mickaël Mestre, Grégoire Vincent, Caroline Bedeau, Nina Antonoff, Olivier Brunaux, Pierre Gautreau and Matthieu Noucher -- Phytoliths : a tool for Neotropical historical ecology, with focus on bamboodominated forests / Laurent Bremond and Charly Favier -- Anthracology in the tropics : how wood charcoals help us to better understand today ecosystems / Stéphanie Bodin, Julie Morin-Rivat, Laurent Bremond, Rita Scheel-Ybert, Christophe Tardy and Christophe Vaschalde -- Forest trees inventories / Jean-François Molino, William Balée, Julien Engel, Claire Martin and Daniel Sabatier -- Historical genomics / Louise Brousseau, Pauline Garnier-Gere and Charles R. Clement -- Landscape-scale study of soil communities / Nina Gazal, Antoine Brin, Sophie Manzi, Emeline Houël, Emmanuel Lapied, Thibaud Decaëns and Mélanie Roy -- The multiple roles of soil animals in the interpretation of archaeological soils and sediments in lowland tropical South America / Doyle Mckey, Delphine Renard and Rumsaïs Blatrix -- History and ethnohistory of ancient settlements / Pierre Grenand and Damien Davy -- Ethnoecology of landscape uses and interpretations / Damien Davy, Pierre Grenand and Guillaume Odonne -- From single species to multiethnic ethnobotanical databases to understand past land use / Guillaume Odonne, Damien Davy and Pierre Grenand -- Historical ecology as an instrument in defence of forest peoples : reflections from the Tapajós River, Brazil / Bruna Cigaran Da Rocha and Vinicius Eduardo Honorato De Oliveira -- Applied historical ecology / William Balée and Meredith Dudley -- Conclusion. Historical ecology : challenges and perspectives in a changing world / Chelsey Geralda Armstrong and andré Braga Junqueira.

"This book offers a comparative analysis of the experiences, responses, and adaptations of people to climate variability and environmental change across the Americas. It foregrounds historical ecology as a structural framework for understanding the climate change crisis throughout the region and throughout time. In recent years Indigenous and local populations in particular have experienced climate change effects such as altered weather patterns, seasonal irregularities, flooding and drought, and difficulties relating to subsistence practices. Understanding and dealing with these challenges has drawn on peoples' longstanding experience with climate variability and in some cases includes models of mitigation and responses that are millennia old. With contributions from specialists across the Americas, the volume will be of interest to scholars from fields including anthropology, archaeology, geography, environmental studies, and Indigenous studies"--

This book offers a comparative analysis of the experiences, responses, and adaptations of people to climate variability and environmental change across the Americas. It foregrounds historical ecology as a structural framework for understanding the climate change crisis throughout the region and throughout time. In recent years, Indigenous and local populations in particular have experienced climate change effects such as altered weather patterns, seasonal irregularities, flooding and drought, and difficulties relating to subsistence practices. Understanding and dealing with these challenges has drawn on peoples' longstanding experience with climate variability and in some cases includes models of mitigation and responses that are millennia old. With contributions from specialists across the Americas, this volume will be of interest to scholars from fields including anthropology, archaeology, geography, environmental studies, and Indigenous studies.

International audience ; The knowledge systems and practices of Indigenous Peoples and local communities play critical roles in safeguarding the biological and cultural diversity of our planet. Globalization, government policies, capitalism, colonialism, and other rapid social-ecological changes threaten the relationships between Indigenous Peoples and local communities and their environments, thereby challenging the continuity and dynamism of Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK). In this article, we contribute to the "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity," issued by the Alliance of World Scientists, by exploring opportunities for sustaining ILK systems on behalf of the future stewardship of our planet. Our warning raises the alarm about the pervasive and ubiquitous erosion of knowledge and practice and the social and ecological consequences of this erosion. While ILK systems can be adaptable and resilient, the foundations of these knowledge systems are compromised by ongoing suppression, misrepresentation, appropriation, assimilation, disconnection, and destruction of biocultural heritage. Three case studies illustrate these processes and how protecting ILK is central to biocultural conservation. We conclude with 15 recommendations that call for the recognition and support of Indigenous Peoples and local communities and their knowledge systems. Enacting these recommendations will entail a transformative and sustained shift in how ILK systems, their knowledge holders, and their multiple expressions in lands and waters are recognized, affirmed, and valued. We appeal for urgent action to support the efforts of Indigenous Peoples and local communities around the world to maintain their knowledge systems, languages, stewardship rights, ties to lands and waters, and the biocultural integrity of their territories—on which we all depend.

International audience ; The knowledge systems and practices of Indigenous Peoples and local communities play critical roles in safeguarding the biological and cultural diversity of our planet. Globalization, government policies, capitalism, colonialism, and other rapid social-ecological changes threaten the relationships between Indigenous Peoples and local communities and their environments, thereby challenging the continuity and dynamism of Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK). In this article, we contribute to the "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity," issued by the Alliance of World Scientists, by exploring opportunities for sustaining ILK systems on behalf of the future stewardship of our planet. Our warning raises the alarm about the pervasive and ubiquitous erosion of knowledge and practice and the social and ecological consequences of this erosion. While ILK systems can be adaptable and resilient, the foundations of these knowledge systems are compromised by ongoing suppression, misrepresentation, appropriation, assimilation, disconnection, and destruction of biocultural heritage. Three case studies illustrate these processes and how protecting ILK is central to biocultural conservation. We conclude with 15 recommendations that call for the recognition and support of Indigenous Peoples and local communities and their knowledge systems. Enacting these recommendations will entail a transformative and sustained shift in how ILK systems, their knowledge holders, and their multiple expressions in lands and waters are recognized, affirmed, and valued. We appeal for urgent action to support the efforts of Indigenous Peoples and local communities around the world to maintain their knowledge systems, languages, stewardship rights, ties to lands and waters, and the biocultural integrity of their territories—on which we all depend.

The knowledge systems and practices of Indigenous Peoples and local communities play critical roles in safeguarding the biological and cultural diversity of our planet. Globalization, government policies, capitalism, colonialism, and other rapid social-ecological changes threaten the relationships between Indigenous Peoples and local communities and their environments, thereby challenging the continuity and dynamism of Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK). In this article, we contribute to the "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity," issued by the Alliance of World Scientists, by exploring opportunities for sustaining ILK systems on behalf of the future stewardship of our planet. Our warning raises the alarm about the pervasive and ubiquitous erosion of knowledge and practice and the social and ecological consequences of this erosion. While ILK systems can be adaptable and resilient, the foundations of these knowledge systems are compromised by ongoing suppression, misrepresentation, appropriation, assimilation, disconnection, and destruction of biocultural heritage. Three case studies illustrate these processes and how protecting ILK is central to biocultural conservation. We conclude with 15 recommendations that call for the recognition and support of Indigenous Peoples and local communities and their knowledge systems. Enacting these recommendations will entail a transformative and sustained shift in how ILK systems, their knowledge holders, and their multiple expressions in lands and waters are recognized, affirmed, and valued. We appeal for urgent action to support the efforts of Indigenous Peoples and local communities around the world to maintain their knowledge systems, languages, stewardship rights, ties to lands and waters, and the biocultural integrity of their territories—on which we all depend. ; Peer reviewed