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This book provides insights into the characteristics and conditions responsible for the stability and durability of three pre-Columbian agrarian societies of the Americas. The work focuses on three ancient cultures - the Maya, the Mogollon, and the Moche - that exhibited extended periods of sustainability in markedly different environments. The text also discusses contemporary implications of these ancient sustainability insights. A decision key is used to rank ancient factors of sustainability for the three selected cultures as essential, major, or minor. A formula instrument provides an overall numerical sustainability score for each society during particular time periods. A number of intriguing conclusions and recommendations are made by the author concerning ancient sustainability and the modern applications of some of the uncovered factors. The author suggests that a common ideology, a general adaptability to major change, and a socioeconomic system that rewards value production from all its citizens be recognized as three important factors of contemporary sustainability.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology Anthropology

• Full title: Sustainability Factors in Pre-Columbian Societies of the Americas
• Author: Matthew Tueth
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 140
• EAN: 9783639160178
• ISBN: 3639160177
• ID: 06824458
• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Weight: 213 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 8 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. May 2009

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