Environmental History — The Environmental Evidence

摘要: Historians and palaeoecologists alike study the past, but usually rely on quite different kinds of evidence. Most who past environmental change are concerned with long time scales stretching beyond reach history proper. They also overwhelmingly use present as key to in classic Huttonian sense (Hutton 1788), rather than record inform our understanding future. may thus be forgiven for seeing few links between their approach that palaeoecologists. Yet there is a significant growing minority latter have focused expertise recent, “historical” tackled problems direct bearing day issues (Oldfield 1983, 1987; Wasson Clark 1985; 1989). Our contention these studies much common document-based historical research. There continuum concern across wide range embracing “scientific” “documentary” approaches history, parallels two methodologies which often complement reinforce each other important interesting ways.