On this episode, the hosts are joined by Dr. Stefani Crabtree and Dr. Jennifer Dunne from the Santa Fe Institute to discuss an exciting new field of study, archaeoecology. Unlike how a palaeobiology or archaeology study may only focus on one or two species, archaeoecology takes in the whole ecological context of an archaeological site. Dunne and Crabtree describe archaeoecology as a way to examine the past through the relationship between humans and ecosystems–and not just how humans affect the environment or nature, but also how the ecosystem can shape human culture.



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Archaeology and ecology combined sketch a fuller picture of past human-nature relationships: https://www.santafe.edu/news-center/news/combined-archaeology-and-ecology-sketch-fuller-picture-past-human-nature-relationships