 | Imperfect Balance: Landscape Transformations in the Pre-Columbian Americas Subjects: Human ecology -- America -- History; Landscape changes -- America -- History; Indians -- Land tenure; Indians -- Antiquities; America -- Antiquities; Together with experts in a variety of disciplines in the natural and social sciences--including botany, geology, ecology, geography and archaeology--Lentz investigates the history and effects of human impact on the environment in the New World before the arrival of the Europeans in the late 15th century. An Imperfect Balance offers an objective evaluation of "precontact era" land usage, demonstrating that native populations engaged in land management practices not entirely dissimilar to their European counterparts. David Lentz is director of the graduate studies program at The New York Botanical Garden. He is the author or coauthor of and contributor to more than fifty scholarly articles and books. |
