The Ecological Indian: Myth and History
- ISBN-10
- 0393321002
- ISBN-13
- 9780393321005
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 318
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Authors
- Shepard Krech, Shepard Krech III
Description
Challenging many sacrosanct notions about the relationship between Native Americans and nature, the author discusses the possible role of Pleistocene-era humans in eradicating the mastodon, over-irrigation of crops among the Hohokam of Arizona, and slash-and-burn farming techniques. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
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