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How long can we continue the current
mode of worldwide resource exploitation and ecological disruption
without undermining the natural systems on which we depend? We believe
that examination of the human past can yield clues to guide humanity
toward a sustainable future.
As a contribution to the global discussion of this critical problem,
we have invited a series of archaeologists researching the matter
to submit Audio Commentaries about the lessons that archaeology
may offer today's world. In this way, we hope to promote a dialogue
that will encourage further archaeological research with applications
to this and other modern problems.
Our second Audio Commentary on sustainability is by Dr. Don Hardesty
of the University of Nevada Reno. Dr. Hardesty has specialized in
the archaeological study of the modern world, that is, the last
500 years of human history. We offer our sincere thanks to Dr. Hardesty
for sharing his thoughts.
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About: Dr. Don Hardesty
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Dr. Don Hardesty
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Don Hardesty is an archaeologist who studies
the modern world of the last 500 years. He completed M.A. and Ph.D.
degrees in Anthropology at the University of Oregon. His graduate
studies focused on human evolution and the ancient civilizations of
the New World, including a master's thesis on Moche ceramics of the
Peruvian north coast and a doctoral dissertation on human ecology.
He has done archaeological fieldwork in Mexico, Guatemala, the American
Southeast, and extensively throughout the American West. Presently,
he is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Reno,
where he teaches classes ranging from historical archaeology to ecological
anthropology and museology. He has been president of the Society for
Historical Archaeology, the Mining History Association, and the Register
of Professional Archaeologists. His publications include Ecological
Anthropology (John Wiley, 1977), The Archaeology of the Donner
Party (University of Nevada Press, 1997), and (with Barbara Little)
Assessing Site Significance: A Guide for Archaeologists and Historians
(AltaMira Press, 2000). At present, he is the archaeology theme editor
for the UNESCO-sponsored Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems.
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E-mail address: hardesty@unr.edu
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