Small-scale societies and environmental transformations : coevolutionary dynamics
Reyes-García, Victoria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Zurro Hernández, Débora (Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Humanitats)
Caro Saiz, Jorge (Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Humanitats)
Madella, Marco (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Sociologia)

Date:	2017
Abstract:	This editorial introduces the special feature of Ecology and Society entitled Small-Scale Societies and Environmental Transformations: Coevolutionary Dynamics. The contributions to this feature explore coevolutionary dynamics developed between small-scale societies and environmental features and the larger-scale effects of these interactions in spatial and chronological terms. Acknowledging the importance of small-scale societies in our evolutionary past and nowadays, contributions to this issue use insights from both archaeological and anthropological case studies, concepts, and methods. This editorial introduces the contributions in three different ways. We start by reviewing the use of the term "small-scale society" in the literature. Then, we briefly examine the concept of "co-evolutionary dynamics" by providing examples of how the process operates between past and present small-scale societies and their surrounding environments. In the last section, we introduce each of the papers.
Grants:	European Commission 261971 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad MDM/2015-0552 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad CSD2010-00034
Note:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu MdM-2015-0552
Rights:	Tots els drets reservats.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Coevolution ; Long-term dynamics ; Small-scale societies ; Social-ecological systems
Published in:	Ecology and society, Vol. 22 issue 1 (2017) , art. 15, ISSN 1708-3087

DOI: 10.5751/ES-09066-220115

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