List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- WHAT IS CULTURAL ECOLOGY? -- ANTHROPOLOGY -- THE STUDY OF HUMAN ECOLOGY -- A HISTORY OF THOUGHT ON CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT -- THE RISE OF CULTURAL ECOLOGY -- THUS … -- CHAPTER SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- 2 Fundamentals of Ecology -- THE ENVIRONMENT -- NICHE AND HABITAT -- RESOURCES -- ENERGY -- CHAPTER SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- 3 Human Biological Ecology -- HUMANS AS ANIMALS -- BIOLOGICAL ADAPTATIONS -- HUMAN POPULATION REGULATION -- NUTRITION -- EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY -- CHAPTER SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- 4 Cultural Ecology -- HUMAN CAPABILITIES -- CULTURE AS AN ADAPTIVE MECHANISM -- TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS -- HUMAN CONTROL OF THE ENVIRONMENT -- DECISION MAKING -- A CONCLUDING THOUGHT ON MANAGEMENT -- CHAPTER SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- 5 Hunting and Gathering -- HUNTER-GATHERER CLASSIFICATION -- THE HUNTER-GATHERER STEREOTYPE -- BIAS IN HUNTER-GATHERER STUDIES -- POPULATION -- SETTLEMENT AND SUBSISTENCE -- ENVIRONMENTAL MANIPULATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT -- RELATIONS WITH OTHER GROUPS -- CHAPTER SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- CASE STUDY 5.1 THE NUU-CHAH-NULTH OF BRITISH COLUMBIA -- CASE STUDY 5.2 THE MBUTI OF THE ITURI FOREST -- 6 The Origins of Food Production -- AGRICULTURAL DOMESTICATION -- THE TRANSITION TO FARMING -- ON THE ORIGIN OF AGRICULTURE -- TYPES OF AGRICULTURE -- THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURE -- CHAPTER SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- 7 Horticulture -- HORTICULTURAL TECHNIQUES -- USE OF WILD RESOURCES -- ENVIRONMENTAL MANIPULATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT -- RELATIONS WITH OTHER GROUPS -- CHAPTER SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- CASE STUDY 7.1 THE GRAND VALLEY DANI OF HIGHLAND NEW GUINEA -- CASE STUDY 7.2 THE LOZI OF WESTERN ZAMBIA -- 8 Pastoralism -- GENERAL SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION -- TYPES OF PASTORALISM -- THE GEOGRAPHY OF PASTORALISM -- THE ORIGIN OF PASTORALISM.

SOME PARAMETERS OF PASTORALISM -- USE OF NONPASTORAL PRODUCTS -- ENVIRONMENTAL MANIPULATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT -- RELATIONS WITH OTHER GROUPS -- A NOTE ON THE IMPACT OF GRAZING -- CHAPTER SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- CASE STUDY 8.1 THE MAASAI: PASTORALISTS IN EAST AFRICA -- CASE STUDY 8.2 THE NAVAJO: PASTORALISTS OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST -- CASE STUDY 8.3 CATTLE RANCHERS IN THE AMERICAN WEST, BY KIMBERLY HEDRICK -- 9 Intensive Agriculture -- CHANGES IN SCALE -- TECHNIQUES OF INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE -- CONTEMPORARY INDUSTRIALIZED AGRICULTURE -- ENVIRONMENTAL MANIPULATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT -- RELATIONS WITH OTHER GROUPS -- CHAPTER SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- CASE STUDY 9.1 MOUNTAINS AND WATER: THE TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM ALONG SOUTH COASTAL CHINA -- CASE STUDY 9.2 THE MAYA AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM -- 10 Current Issues and Problems -- THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS -- AGRICULTURAL INVOLUTION -- AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND INTENSIFICATION -- THE RAINFOREST DILEMMA -- THE GENERAL PROBLEM -- CHAPTER SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- Glossary -- References -- About the Authors.