PART I. Cultural Evidence
Chapter 1. Archaeology, Paleoecology, and Ecological Restoration
Chapter 2. The Contribution of Ethnobiology to the Reconstruction and Restoration of Historic Ecosystems
Chapter 3. The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Written Records
Chapter 4. Oral History: A Guide to Its Creation and Use
Chapter 5. Maps and Photographs
Chapter 6. Government Land Office Survey and Other Early Land Surveys
PART II. Biological Evidence
Chapter 7. Inferring Forest Stand History from Observational Field Evidence
Chapter 8. Using Dendrochronology to Reconstruct the History of Forest and Woodland Ecosystems
Chapter 9. Palynology: An Important Tool for Discovering Historic Ecosystems
Chapter 10. Packrat Middens as Tool for Resconstructing Historic Ecosystems
Chapter 11. Techniques for Discovering Historic Animal Assemblages
Chapter 12. Geomorphology, Hydrology, and Soils
Chapter 13. Inferring Vegetation History from Phytoliths
PART III. Synthesis: Cases Studies Using Reference Conditions
Chapter 14. Using Historical Data in Ecological Restoration: A Case Study from Nantucket
Chapter 15. A Multiple-scale History of Past and Ongoing Vegetation Change within the Indiana Dunes
Chapter 16. Implementing the Archeo-environmental Reconstruction Technique: A Case Study from the Greater Grand Canyon Region
Chapter 17. Documenting Local Landscape Change: The San Francisco Area Historical Project
About the Contributors
Index
Chapter 1. Archaeology, Paleoecology, and Ecological Restoration
Chapter 2. The Contribution of Ethnobiology to the Reconstruction and Restoration of Historic Ecosystems
Chapter 3. The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Written Records
Chapter 4. Oral History: A Guide to Its Creation and Use
Chapter 5. Maps and Photographs
Chapter 6. Government Land Office Survey and Other Early Land Surveys
PART II. Biological Evidence
Chapter 7. Inferring Forest Stand History from Observational Field Evidence
Chapter 8. Using Dendrochronology to Reconstruct the History of Forest and Woodland Ecosystems
Chapter 9. Palynology: An Important Tool for Discovering Historic Ecosystems
Chapter 10. Packrat Middens as Tool for Resconstructing Historic Ecosystems
Chapter 11. Techniques for Discovering Historic Animal Assemblages
Chapter 12. Geomorphology, Hydrology, and Soils
Chapter 13. Inferring Vegetation History from Phytoliths
PART III. Synthesis: Cases Studies Using Reference Conditions
Chapter 14. Using Historical Data in Ecological Restoration: A Case Study from Nantucket
Chapter 15. A Multiple-scale History of Past and Ongoing Vegetation Change within the Indiana Dunes
Chapter 16. Implementing the Archeo-environmental Reconstruction Technique: A Case Study from the Greater Grand Canyon Region
Chapter 17. Documenting Local Landscape Change: The San Francisco Area Historical Project
About the Contributors
Index