Soil and Landscape Responses to American Indian Agriculture in the Southwest

Soil forms the base of agriculture and thus has been subject to change since farming began in the American Southwest approximately four millennia ago. Soil change as a result of agriculture is complex and wide-ranging in kind, magnitude, and scales of space and time, encompassing many processes and...

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Published inMovement, Connectivity, and Landscape Change in the Ancient Southwest pp. 141 - 159
Main Authors Sandor, Jonathan A, Homburg, Jeffrey A
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published University Press of Colorado 18.01.2011
University of Colorado Press
Subjects
Agricultural sciences
Agricultural soils
Agriculture
Agroecology
Agroecosystems
Agrology
Agronomy
Biological sciences
Desert soils
Edaphology
Environmental degradation
Environmental quality
Environmental studies
Farming
Farming systems
Organic farming
Pedology
Sedimentary soils
Soil degradation
Soil ecology
Soil productivity
Soil science
Soil water
Soils
Sustainable agriculture
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Summary:Soil forms the base of agriculture and thus has been subject to change since farming began in the American Southwest approximately four millennia ago. Soil change as a result of agriculture is complex and wide-ranging in kind, magnitude, and scales of space and time, encompassing many processes and outcomes ( Johnson and Lewis 1995; Sandor, Burras, and Thompson 2005). The archaeological record provides an important long-term perspective on humans and soil change (Holliday 2004; Sandor and Eash 1991). The Southwest contains a rich record of anthropogenic soil and landscape alteration, including cases of both success and failure in maintaining productivity
ISBN:1607320649
9781607320647
DOI:10.5876/9781607320654-013