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History and archaeology concern themselves with people. People enter an area, adopt some form of settlement and may eventually be driven out by pressure from a different group of people. There is a continual process of change, sometimes slow, sometimes very rapid, in the peoples who move across the face of the land. But they not only move across the face of the land; they use the land and they inevitably disturb the ecosystems which were present there in the first place. Today we are very concerned about the impact of mankind on the environment; many people think this is a recent problem and that 50, 100 or perhaps 250 years ago no such troubles existed.
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Dimbleby, G.W. (1978). Prehistoric Man’s Impact on Environments in North West Europe. In: Holdgate, M.W., Woodman, M.J. (eds) The Breakdown and Restoration of Ecosystems. NATO Conference Series, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4012-6_11
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