{"title":"Footprints of living Landscapes –a View on cultural Diversities from the Andes","authors":"I. Schjellerup","doi":"10.21608/ejec.2021.149013","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The human impact on the environment is of growing preoccupation to be able to understand the formation of the contemporary landscapes and to be able to analyse the various phases of the development of a particular cultural landscape. The impressive mountain landscapes in the Andean region in South America we observe today are not as pristine and untouched, as one could be tempted to believe but it is only recently being recognized as such. The arrival the Spaniards in the 16th century changed the landscape with the introduction of new crops, animals and technology. But the Pre-Hispanic cultures had long before altered the landscape. Changes in subsistence strategies, demography, or perception illustrate complex causes that provide important insights into different utilization systems. Examples are taken from the author’s fieldwork in the Andes and in the Ceja de Montaña.","PeriodicalId":211158,"journal":{"name":"The Egyptian Journal of Environmental Change","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Egyptian Journal of Environmental Change","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.21608/ejec.2021.149013","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The human impact on the environment is of growing preoccupation to be able to understand the formation of the contemporary landscapes and to be able to analyse the various phases of the development of a particular cultural landscape. The impressive mountain landscapes in the Andean region in South America we observe today are not as pristine and untouched, as one could be tempted to believe but it is only recently being recognized as such. The arrival the Spaniards in the 16th century changed the landscape with the introduction of new crops, animals and technology. But the Pre-Hispanic cultures had long before altered the landscape. Changes in subsistence strategies, demography, or perception illustrate complex causes that provide important insights into different utilization systems. Examples are taken from the author’s fieldwork in the Andes and in the Ceja de Montaña.
为了能够理解当代景观的形成,并能够分析特定文化景观发展的各个阶段,人类对环境的影响日益受到关注。我们今天看到的南美洲安第斯地区令人印象深刻的山地景观并不像人们可能会相信的那样原始和未被破坏,但直到最近才被认识到这一点。16世纪西班牙人的到来改变了这里的景观,带来了新的作物、动物和技术。但早在前西班牙文化改变景观之前。生存策略、人口统计或观念的变化说明了复杂的原因,为了解不同的利用系统提供了重要的见解。例子取自作者在安第斯山脉和Ceja de Montaña的实地工作。