Interrelations of ancient societies and civilizations with their environments attract now attention of not only archeologists and historians, but also of ecologists, engineers, specialists in economics and management, i.e. of many representatives of the broad community of scientists, engaged in environmental studies.
Considerable contribution to the developments of problems of interrelation of ancient societies and natures is also made by geographers. At the Fifth Symposium of the IGU Commission on Environmental problems, which took place in October 1981, in Mexico, nearly half of all the papers were devoted to this theme.
Taking into account the importance of the discussed problems, and their special role in many Latin American countries, participants to the Symposium recommended its organizers to publish such papers to the Symposium recommended its organizers to publish such papers as a first step. And these are the papers which compose
the contents of the present issue of Proceedings of the Commission.
Contents of the book can be subdivided into two groups of papers. The first one includes the papers, which illustrate the global aspects of the problem, and methodological problems as well as situations characteristics of the Old World countries. These are papers by I.P. Gerasimov, A. Kostrowicki, A.A. Velichko,
A. Ghosh, and others. The second groups is composed by papers depicting the between Pre-Hispanic societies and the environment in Latin American countries (C.A. Monteiro, R. Lopez Recéndez, C. Park, A. Bassols, etc). These papers illustrate specific roles of native populations and ancient (Pre—hispanic) societies with
their economies adapted to specific environments.
Publisher: Instituto de Geografía de la UNAM
Year: 1981
Language: English
Pages: 319
City: México
FOREWORD ......Page 5
Gerasimov, I.P. ROLE OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN SOCIETY, HISTORICAL STAGES OF THEIR INTERACTION ......Page 7
De Figueiredo Monteiro C.A. THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION IN ITS ADAPTATION TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND BEFORE THE IMPACT OF THE PRESENT PROCESS OF INTENSE LAND OCCUPATION IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZONIA ......Page 28
Ghosh, A. MAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL: RECONSTRUCTION OF INTERACTION PATTERN IN PREHISTORIC INDIA ......Page 97
Zimina, R.P. MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS OF THE CAUCASUS, THEIR ANTHROPOGENIC TRANSPORMATION IN THE PREHISTORIC PERIOD AND TILL NOW ......Page 110
Schevchenko, L.M. and Mashbits, Ya G. PROBLEMS OF INTERACTION OF INDIGENOUS LATIN AMERICAN POPULATION WITH ENVIRONMENT IN THE STUDIES BY RUSSIAN AND SOVIET SCIENTISTS ......Page 116
Molano, J. THE ANCIENT MAN AND THE PRESENT MAN, AND THE IMPACT OF THE ANTRHOPOGENIC ACTION ON NATURAL RESOURCES IN TROPICAL AMERICA ......Page 126
Starkel, L. HUMAN IMPACT ON THE LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION OF THE TERRITORY OF POLAND IN THE HOLOCENE ......Page 145
Kurenkova, E.I. STAGES OF THE EARLY MAN IMMIGRATION INTO THE USSR TERRITORY DURING THE LAST ICE AGE ......Page 160
Velitchko, A.A. THE OLDEST MAN IN EUROPE AND HIS ENVIRONMENT (FIRST RESULTS OF COMMON FRENCH-SOVIET RESEARCH EFFORTS) ......Page 169
Ranjana, R. MAN AND ENVIRONMENT: UNDERSTANDING OF HOLOCENE ECOLOGY IN INDIA ......Page 182
Kostrowicki, S. TRANSFORMATION OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENT UNDER THE HUMAN POPULATION IMPACT - A HISTORICAL APPROACH ......Page 209
Park, Ch. WATER RESOURCES, HYDRAULIC SOCIETY AND IRRIGATION IN PREHISTORIC PERU ......Page 224
Bassols, A. SOME TRADITIONS OF THE MAYAN CIVILIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN TROPICAL REGIONS OF NEW COLONIZATION AREAS (YUCATAN PENINSULA, MEXICO) ......Page 264
Lépez Recéndez, R. RELATIONS BETWEEN MAN AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRECOLONIAL SETTLEMENTS IN THE BASIN OF MEXICO ......Page 288
Fuentes L. THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE VICEROYAL CITY OF MEXICO ......Page 308
