Island Historical Ecology

Peter E. Siegel is Professor of Anthropology at Montclair State University. His articles have appeared in Current Anthropology, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, and Journal of Field Archaeology, among others. Siegel’s research has been supported by the Heinz Family Foundation for Latin American Archaeology, National Geographic Society, National Science Foundation, the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, and the School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe.

• FiguresTablesAcknowledgmentsForeword: A Prelude to Island Historical EcologyWilliam BaléePrefacePeter E. SiegelPART I: METHOD, THEORY, AND APPLICATIONS OF ISLAND HISTORICAL ECOLOGYChapter 1. Migrations, Colonization Processes, and Landscape LearningPeter E. SiegelChapter 2. Unique Challenges in Archipelagoes: 
Examples from the Mediterranean and Pacific IslandsThomas P. LeppardChapter 3. A Cultural Framework for Caribbean Island Historical EcologyCorinne L. Hofman and Menno L. P. HooglandChapter 4. Methods for Addressing Island Historical EcologyDeborah M. Pearsall, John G. Jones, Nicholas P. Dunning, Peter E. Siegel, Pat Farrell, Jason H. Curtis, and Neil A. DuncanPART II: WEST INDIAN ISLAND HISTORICAL ECOLOGYChapter 5. TrinidadPat Farrell, Neil A. Duncan, John G. Jones, Nicholas P. Dunning, Deborah M. Pearsall, and Peter E. SiegelChapter 6. GrenadaJohn G. Jones, Deborah M. Pearsall, Pat Farrell, Nicholas P. Dunning, Jason H. Curtis, Neil A. Duncan, and Peter E. SiegelChapter 7. CuraçaoNicholas P. Dunning, John G. Jones, Neil A. Duncan, Deborah M. Pearsall, and Peter E. SiegelChapter 8. BarbadosNicholas P. Dunning, John G. Jones, Deborah M. Pearsall, and Peter E. SiegelChapter 9. MartiniqueNeil A. Duncan, Nicholas P. Dunning, John G. Jones, Deborah M. Pearsall, and Peter E. SiegelChapter 10. Marie-GalanteJohn G. Jones, Nicholas P. Dunning, Deborah M. Pearsall, and Peter E. SiegelChapter 11. AntiguaJohn G. Jones, Nicholas P. Dunning, Deborah M. Pearsall, Neil A. Duncan, and Peter E. SiegelChapter 12. BarbudaJohn G. Jones, Nicholas P. Dunning, Neil A. Duncan, Deborah M. Pearsall, and Peter E. SiegelChapter 13. St. CroixDeborah M. Pearsall, Nicholas P. Dunning, John G. Jones, Neil A. Duncan, and Peter E. SiegelPART III: SYNTHESIS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN ISLAND HISTORICAL ECOLOGYChapter 14. Assessing Colonization, Landscape Learning, and Socionatural Changes in the CaribbeanPeter E. Siegel, Deborah M. Pearsall, Nicholas P. Dunning, John G. Jones, Pat Farrell, Neil A. Duncan, and Jason H. CurtisChapter 15. Insights from the Outside: 
Some Wider Perspectives and Future Directions in Caribbean Island Historical EcologyJohn F. CherryReferencesGlossaryNotes on ContributorsIndex

“It is hard to overstate the importance of successfully accomplishing a project of this magnitude. There have been limited coring projects on individual islands, but nothing on a regional scale like this. As such, Island Historical Ecology offers our best evidence yet of human-environmental interactions in the prehistoric (and historic) Lesser Antilles. We will all be referencing this volume for many decades to come.” • JRAI (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute)“This timely publication, … is probably the first to assiduously apply the science and rigour of …’historical Ecology’ to multiple small islands in the Southern and Eastern Caribbean.” • European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies“This highly important and most interesting book represents a valuable source of primary data on the historical ecology of the West Indies.” • Andrzej Antczak, Leiden University“I am much impressed with the ground-breaking work involved in this project, and with its presentation. I believe it is a very valuable and novel addition to the scientific literature on the Lesser Antilles.” • Peter G. Roe, University of Delaware