Practicing Historical Ecology : Methods for the Collection, Analysis, and Integration of Interdisciplinary Historical Data

Abstract

This section sets the stage for the individual chapters in this volume. We begin with the foreword by Prof. Carole Crumley, and the publisher's foreword by the former director of the Swedish Biological Institute, Dr. Tuija Hilding-Rydevik. This is followed by our editor's introduction to our work and our acknowledgements. This first section ends with our first chapter, which presents a general introduction to Historical Ecology, what it is, where it comes from, and how, in general, it is conducted. Methods for the Collection, Analysis, and Integration of Interdisciplinary Historical Data 8 Practicing Historical Ecology 29Recently, Crumley and Bailée have published a review of Historical Ecology research and publications (Crumley and Bailée 2024) which reviews the major foundational texts and methods, and does a global review of research by categories such as forests, tropics, islands, etc. It concludeds with an overview of appliced Historical Ecology and heritage management. The work is available with a subscription to the online Oxford Bibliographies series.