Recent international attention has focused on desertification and
its concomitants, especially the diminution of flora and fauna in
arid and semiarid lands and the resulting reduction in the economic
value of those lands. Natural factors such as drought and wind
erosion, as well as various technological practices, have been
blamed for the present situation in many countries. Most observers
agree that human beings have been both perpetrators and victims of
desertification. Anthropologists have long been interested in
documenting hew different societies have affected and been affected
by their environments. The papers in this volume present ease
studies of societies ranging from ancient Peru to contemporary
Israel, along with several topically oriented works. All are
designed to illustrate how various societies--whether by water
management or by the exploitation of plants and animals--have
attempted to achieve ecological balance. Social organization and
ideology as well as technology are discussed as important variables
affecting the ways in which populations adapt to, or cope with,
desertification.
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