From Yardstick to Gyroscope (ANT 8500) - Interdisciplinary Methods for the Long-Term Study of Social-Ecological Systems

From Yardstick to Gyroscope -
Interdisciplinary Methods for the Long-Term Study of Social-Ecological Systems
Multiscalar Analysis: Livelihood, landesque, and agriculture in historical context
Instructors - Pete Nowak, Ted Gragson
Date - March 31, 2007

Gragson, T. L., and P. V. Bolstad. 2007. A local analysis of early-eighteenth-century Cherokee settlement. Social Science History 31:435-468. Publication

Results of an original analysis of Cherokee town placement and population c. 1721 are presented. Period and contemporary information were analyzed using local statistics to produce multivalued, mappable characterizations of the intensity of the processes of town placement and population. The analysis focuses on the scale and the space in which these processes took place among the Cherokee in order to open the way for examining the legacy of human-induced environmental change in southern Appalachia.