Historical ecology in Brazil: a systematic mapping of scientific articles (1998–2021)

Historical Ecology is a multidisciplinary field that studies long-term relationships between humanity and the environment. There is a missing synthesis effort to organize and present the state of the scholarship in Historical Ecology in Brazil. We aimed to characterize by whom, when, where, what, and how research in Historical Ecology has been conducted in Brazil. We made a systematic mapping of 118 scientific articles published in Portuguese, Spanish, and English that fit our inclusion criteria. The results showed articles from 1998 to May 2021, published in 79 different journals. We found 264 national and international authors (60% men and 40%women); 91% of all investigations were carried out in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest biomes. There are few works about Cerrado, Caatinga, and Pampa, and none for Pantanal. The most mentioned keywords were historical ecology, Amazon, forest, and archaeology. Twenty-three articles focused on a particular species, primarily plants; 37% of all articles used Historical Ecology as its central axis of research, and 63% as auxiliary. We found more than 35 methodological procedures, both from the social and natural sciences. This overview revealed achievements, research gaps, and opportunities in this field.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

A forest of vestiges: social metabolism and charcoal makers activity on the XIX and XX centuries in Rio de Janeiro, RJ

In terms of landscape, what can be considered nowadays as "natural" may be a paleo-territory used by previous populations.In the Pedra Branca Massive, on the west side of Rio de Janeiro, despite being covered by forests, there can found evidences of houses foundations and of historical charcoal kilns. This paper is a survey of these remains done randomly from existing trails and pre-defined transects all georeferenced. We found a total of 168 charcoal kilns and 33 ruins of foundations made with piled irregular rocks. Besides the "natural" aspects of changes in the structure and functioning of ecosystems, we discuss the process of social metabolism that links, in the landscape, the forest to the city

Uma floresta de vestígios: metabolismo social e a atividade de carvoeiros nos séculos XIX e XX no Rio de Raneiro, RJ

In terms of landscape, what can be considered nowadays as "natural" may be a paleo-territory used by previous populations.In the Pedra Branca Massive, on the west side of Rio de Janeiro, despite being covered by forests, there can found evidences of houses foundations and of historical charcoal kilns. This paper is a survey of these remains done randomly from existing trails and pre-defined transects all georeferenced. We found a total of 168 charcoal kilns and 33 ruins of foundations made with piled irregular rocks. Besides the "natural" aspects of changes in the structure and functioning of ecosystems, we discuss the process of social metabolism that links, in the landscape, the forest to the city.Em termos de paisagem, o que temos hoje por "natural" pode se tratar de um paleoterritório usado por populações passadas. No caso do Maciço da Pedra Branca, na zona oeste do Rio de Janeiro, apesar de ser revestido por florestas, são encontrados vestígios de alicerces de casas e de antigas carvoarias no seu interior. A presente pesquisa constitui um levantamento destes vestígios feito de maneira aleatória a partir de trilhas existentes e transectos pré-definidos, sendo os mesmos georeferenciados. Foi encontrado um total de 168 carvoarias e 33 ruínas de alicerces feitos de rochas. Além dos aspectos “naturais” das mudanças da estrutura e funcionamento do ecossistema, discute-se o processo de metabolismo social que interliga,na paisagem, a floresta à cidade.En términos de paisaje, lo que tenemos hoy por "natural" puede tratarse de un paleoterritorio usado por poblaciones pasadas. En el caso de Maciço da Pedra Branca (Macizo de la Piedra Blanca), en la zona oeste de Rio de Janeiro, pese a su revestimiento por florestas, se encuentran vestigios de cimientos de viviendas y de antiguas carboneras en su interior. La presente investigación constituye una recolección de estos vestigios realizada de forma aleatoria a partir de caminos existentes y trayectos anteriormente definidos, todos georeferenciados. Fue encontrado un total de 168 carboneras y 33 ruinas de bases hechas de rocas. Además de los aspectos "naturales" de los cambios de la estructura y funcionamiento del ecosistema, se discute el proceso de metabolismo social que une la floresta a la ciudad en el paisaje