Review of Anderson, Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and Management of California's Natural Resources

Lalande, Jeff

doi:10.1525/phr.2006.75.4.670

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“…Hunter-gatherers often manage a range of several resources in their environments to encourage their productivity (Peacock and Turner 2000;Anderson 2005;Turner 2005). Accordingly, archaeobotanical attention needs to shift from individual taxa to a group of taxa in a landscape, with a multi-proxy archaeobotanical approach to identify when a particular environment was being used.…”

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Ecological-cultural inheritance in the wetlands: the non-linear transition to plant food production in the southern Levant

Ramsey

2023

Veget Hist Archaeobot

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The paper discusses a multi-proxy archaeobotanical dataset from the published macrobotanical and microbotanical research of 19 Epipalaeolithic sites over a period of 13.5 ka (ca. 25-11.5 ka cal bp) in the southern Levant. The archaeobotanical record includes over 200 phytolith samples extracted from sediments of 11 sites, macrobotanical evidence from seeds, plant tissues and wood charcoal from 11 sites and other microbotanical data from starches and starch spherulites from three sites. Phytolith assemblages show that Epipalaeolithic hunter-gatherers relied on wetland plant resources, and the macrobotanical evidence demonstrates the cultural importance of wetland resources to Late Epipalaeolithic foodways. The paper assesses the archaeobotanical data, using niche construction theory (NCT) to argue that human impacts in the wetlands over generations increased wetland productivity and created long-lasting ecological and cultural inheritances that allowed for the evolution and proliferation of a wetland-based system of wild plant food production. This paper proposes the idea that wetlands provided Epipalaeolithic people with a ‘domestication laboratory’ that allowed them to interact and modify their environment and also to experiment and gain new knowledge to build the long-lasting ecological-cultural inheritances necessary for the transition to plant food production. Importantly, the ecological-cultural inheritance of wild plant food production in the wetlands enabled the non-linear transition to cereal-based wild plant food production and domestication that took place in the southern Levant.

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Ecological-cultural inheritance in the wetlands: the non-linear transition to plant food production in the southern Levant

Ramsey

2023

Veget Hist Archaeobot

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“…These forests and tree-based systems are based on the traditional wisdom, knowledge, practices and technologies of societies, developed and enriched through experimentation and adaptation to changing environmental conditions and societal needs over countless generations (Altieri, 2002;Berkes et al, 2000;Colfer et al, 2005;Galloway-McLean, 2010;Parrotta and Trosper, 2012). Traditional forest-related knowledge and farmer innovation have played a critical role in the development of highly diverse, productive and sustainable food production systems within and outside of forests (Anderson, 2006;Kuhnlein et al, 2009;Posey, 1999;Turner et al, 2011). Starting early in the 20th century, when anthropologists began documenting the ethnobotany and food production systems of indigenous and local communities worldwide, these forests and tree-based systems and the traditional knowledge upon which they are based have been "rediscovered" by a broader audience within the (formal) scientific community, principally among agricultural scientists and ecologists.…”

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3. The Historical, Environmental and Socio-Economic Context of Forests and Tree-Based Systems for Food Security and Nutrition

Parrotta¹,

Pryck²,

Obiri³

et al. 2015

Forests and Food: Addressing Hunger and Nutrition Across Sustainable Landscapes

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Forests and tree-based systems are an important component of rural landscapes, sustaining livelihoods and contributing to the food security and nutritional needs of hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Historically, these systems developed under a wide variety of ecological conditions, and cultural and socio-economic contexts, as integrated approaches that combined management of forest and agricultural areas to provide primarily for the needs of producers and their local communities. Today they serve food and nutrition demands of growing global populations, both urban and rural. Population increase, globalisation, deforestation, land degradation, and ever-increasing demand and associated conflict for land (including forest) resources are placing pressure on these lands. Farmers have been encouraged to intensify food production on existing agricultural lands, by modifying some traditional practices (such as agroforestry) or abandoning others (such as shifting cultivation) that evolved over centuries to cope with biophysical constraints (e.g. limited soil fertility, climate variability) and changing socio-economic conditions. This chapter provides an overview of forests and tree-based systems and their role in enhancing food security and nutrition for rural communities and those served through the marketplace. The variability and viability of these management systems are considered within and across geographical regions and agro-ecological zones. Also discussed is the role of the social, cultural and economic contexts in which these systems exist, with a focus on three factors that affect the socio-economic organisation of forests and tree-based systems, namely: land and tree tenure and governance, human capital (including knowledge and labour) and financial capital (including credit). How these biophysical and socio-economic conditions and their complex interactions influence food security and nutrition outcomes, particularly for vulnerable segments of the population (i.e., the poor, women and children), are of particular concern.

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“…Plan to discover new-to-you ideas wherever you look. Try surviving forest spiritualities [37][38][39]42 , find out how forest-lovers can transform tree farms into habitats 43 , learn from farmers who practice agroecology 13,14 , and seek inspiration from indigenous wisdom [44][45][46] . Learn from the bioarchaeology that reveals ancient settlement patterns that expanded in the course of planetary Milankovitch cycles, volcanic and meteor encounters, and glacial periods that reshaped coastlines and continents.…”

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Patterning Action for a Living Future

Alderman¹

2022

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In this time of fully disembodied enthrallment to virtual systems, the question is: how do we act to realize a living future? One answer is to define and disseminate processes that embody agency for restoration of human-injured habitats. This article offers patterns for restoring intrinsic (esoteric) processes long ceded to extrinsic (exoteric) processes of centralization. These patterns embody and integrate human being, becoming, interbeing, and inter-becoming by entraining motivation and aspiration to swift, purposive, lifelong adaptation. This patterning is crafted and adapted by individuals and groups to form syncretic, integrative, synchronic life vectors that meld wisdom gleaned from ancient esoteric traditions (e.g., Judeo-Christian seeing from within and Hindu catalysis of personal transformation) with modern exoteric constructs (e.g. agency, interventionism, and ecology). Nothing short of drawing on the full history of human adaptation and evolution will allow our species to transform anthropogenic (and non-anthropogenic) hazards to continuation of life on earth.

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Review of Anderson, Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and Management of California's Natural Resources

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Ecological-cultural inheritance in the wetlands: the non-linear transition to plant food production in the southern Levant

Ecological-cultural inheritance in the wetlands: the non-linear transition to plant food production in the southern Levant

3. The Historical, Environmental and Socio-Economic Context of Forests and Tree-Based Systems for Food Security and Nutrition

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