Most research into humans' impact on the environment has focused on
large-scale societies; a corollary assumption has been that small
scale economies are sustainable and in harmony with nature. The
contributors to this volume challenge this notion, revealing how
such communities shaped their environment-and not always in a
positive way. Offering case studies from around the world-from
Brazil to Japan, Denmark to the Rocky Mountains-the chapters
empirically demonstrate the substantial transformations of the
surrounding landscape made by hunter-gatherer and limited
horticultural societies. Summarizing previous research as well as
presenting new data, this book shows that the environmental impact
and legacy of societies are not always proportional their size.
Understanding that our species leaves a footprint wherever it has
been leads to both a better understanding of our prehistoric past
and to deeper implications for our future relationship to the world
around us.
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