|
Hurry - Only 2 left in stock!
|
Traditional Arid Lands Agriculture is the first of its kind. Each chapter considers four questions: what we don't know about specific aspects of traditional agriculture, why we need to know more, how we can know more, and what research questions can be pursued to know more. What is known is presented to provide context for what is unknown.
Traditional agriculture, nonindustrial plant cultivation for human use, is practiced worldwide by millions of smallholder farmers in arid lands. Advancing an understanding of traditional agriculture can improve its practice and contribute to understanding the past. Traditional agriculture has been practiced in the U.S. Southwest and northwest Mexico for at least four thousand years and intensely studied for at least one hundred years. What is not known or well-understood about traditional arid lands agriculture in this region has broad application for research, policy, and agricultural practices in arid lands worldwide.
The authors represent the disciplines of archaeology, anthropology, agronomy, art, botany, geomorphology, paleoclimatology, and pedology. This multidisciplinary book will engage students, practitioners, scholars, and any interested in understanding and advancing traditional agriculture.
Traditional Arid Lands Agriculture is the first of its kind. Each chapter considers four questions: what we don't know about specific aspects of traditional agriculture, why we need to know more, how we can know more, and what research questions can be pursued to know more. What is known is presented to provide context for what is unknown.
Traditional agriculture, nonindustrial plant cultivation for human use, is practiced worldwide by millions of smallholder farmers in arid lands. Advancing an understanding of traditional agriculture can improve its practice and contribute to understanding the past. Traditional agriculture has been practiced in the U.S. Southwest and northwest Mexico for at least four thousand years and intensely studied for at least one hundred years. What is not known or well-understood about traditional arid lands agriculture in this region has broad application for research, policy, and agricultural practices in arid lands worldwide.
The authors represent the disciplines of archaeology, anthropology, agronomy, art, botany, geomorphology, paleoclimatology, and pedology. This multidisciplinary book will engage students, practitioners, scholars, and any interested in understanding and advancing traditional agriculture.
Scott E. Ingram is a senior lecturer of
anthropology at the University of Texas at Arlington, where he
investigates human vulnerability to climate change, social and
ecological sustainability, and long-term human and environmental
interactions.
Robert C. Hunt is a professor emeritus of
anthropology at Brandeis University, where he researches economic
and social structure and dynamics in human societies, with an
emphasis on agriculture, irrigation, and systems of exchange.
The lessons from arid lands agriculture in the past, highlighting
what we know and don't know, are strikingly relevant in the context
of current challenges facing millions of smallholder farmers." -
Daniel Gustafson, Deputy Director-General, Operations, Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
"This volume presents a thorough assessment of our current
understanding but also sets a research agenda for years to come. No
doubt countless research projects, theses, and dissertations will
be inspired by this volume." - Melissa Kruse Peeples, author of The
Agricultural Landscape of Perry Mesa: Modeling Residential Site
Location in Relation to Arable Land
"Offers a fresh perspective by synthesizing past research and also
presenting new methods and directions for future arid lands
agricultural research." - Ethnobiology Letters
"This book is a welcome breath of fresh air, in that its
contributors-again, all seasoned veterans-challenged tradition! The
authors expose all the warts and blemishes in their respective
areas of specialization, and they do so enthusiastically for the
benefit of future scholars and future research." - Journal of
Anthological Research
 |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
