[Aztlan] In Search of Nature - A new addition to the FAMSI Journal by John Hoopes

[David Hixson]

Estimados Listeros,

We at the FAMSI Journal of the Ancient Americas are
pleased to announce the newest addition to our online
journal:

In Search of Nature: Imagining the Precolumbian
Landscapes of Ancient Central America.

By Dr. John W. Hoopes

"Human impact on the ecology of the New World did not
begin with the arrival of European settlers. Nor is
the story of twelve millennia of human occupation one
of "low impact" with few lasting effects. In fact, it
is likely that alteration of the landscape in the
indigenous past was at least as significant as it has
been in the European present."

This paper delves into the impact of human alteration
of the Central American landscape in the late
Holocene, with detailed evidence from the archaeology
and ecology of Costa Rica.

This was formerly published on the "Aztlan E-Journal"
but has now been transferred to the FAMSI server in
order to insure that this valuable resource remains in
circulation on the web.

Dr. Hoopes is a widely renowned archaeologist and
author, a pioneer of putting archaeology "on the web"
and one of the original founding members of the Aztlan
community.

Please visit the FAMSI Journal website for the
complete article in PDF format (URL below), and be
sure to click on "Contributed Papers" to view a list
of all available articles.

http://research.famsi.org/aztlan/aztlan_journal.php

Saludos,

Dave, Fritz and Mike
Aztlan Moderators &
FAMSI Journal Editors


       
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