Ancient lakes
Subtitle: their cultural and biological diversity
By: edited by H. Kawanabe, G.W. Coulter, and A.C. Roosevelt.
Contributors: Kawanabe, Hiroya.; Coulter, G. W.; Roosevelt, Anna Curtenius.; International Conference on Ancient Lakes, Their Cultural and Biological Diversity (1997 : Lake Biwa Museum)
Publisher: Kenobi Productions
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Ghent, Belgium
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
Subjects: Lake ecology -- Congresses.; Lake-dwellers and lake-dwellings -- Congresses.; Biological diversity -- Congresses.; Lakes -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Based on on presentations made at the International Conference on Ancient Lakes, Their Cultural and Biological Diversity (ICAL '97) held at the Lake Biwa Museum in Japan, June 22-28, 1997.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I; title: INTRODUCTION; title: 1 Fish, Fisheries, Fishermen; title: C. LEVEQUE; title: 2 Biological and Cultural Diversities in Lake Biwa, an Ancient Lake; title: H. KAWANABE; title: 3 Biological and Cultural Diversities: Challenges and Prospects; title: T. YOUNES; title: PART II; title: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON RELATIONSHIPS; title: BETWEEN PEOPLE AND LAKES; title: Introduction; title: by A. C. ROOSEVELT and K. MAKINO; title: 4 The Wet and the Dry: Symbolic Archaeology in the Wetlands; title: I. HODDER; title: 5 A New Pollen Diagram from Lake Hula:; title: Vegetational, Climatic, and Anthropogenic Implications; title: U. BARUCH and S. BOTTEMA; title: 6 The Role of Floodplain Lakes in Human Evolution; title: in Amazonia and Beyond; title: A. C. ROOSEVELT; title: 7 Biological and Cultural Diversity of Lake Titicaca:; title: Issues of Indigenous Technology, Law, and Identity; title: B. S. ORLOVE; title: 8 Small-Scale Regulatory Institutions in Kenya's Lake Victoria Fishery:; title: Past and Present; title: K. GEHEB; title: 9 Prehistoric Shell-Mounds and Current Situation of Pond Snails; title: (Margarya spp.) around Ancient Lakes of Yunnan Province, China; title: T. KIRA; title: 10 The Awazu Shell Midden: A Submerged Site at Lake Biwa; title: I. IBA, A. MATSUI, and T. NAKAJIMA; title: 11 A 13th-Century Turning Point of Fishing Rights and Endemic Fishtrap ('Eri'); title: Technology in Lake Biwa, in Relation to the Role of Village Communities; title: M. HASHIMOTO; title: 12 Why Has the 'Maruko-bune' Boat Disappeared?; title: K. MAKINO; title: PART II; title: HUMAN IMPACT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; title: Introduction; title: by G. W. COULTER and K. NAKAI; title: 13 Sustaining both Biodiversity and Fisheries in Ancient Lakes:; title: The Cases of Lakes Tanganyika, Malawi/Nyasa, and Victoria; title: G. W. COULTER; title: 14 Lake Victoria's Ecological Changes and their Relationships; title: with the Riparian Societies; title: F. WITTE, P. C. GOUDSWAARD, E. F. B. KATUNZI,; title: O. C. MKUMBO, O. SEEHAUSEN, and J. H. WANINK; title: 15 Aspects of Conservation and Sustainable Levels; title: of Use of Lake Malawi Fishes; title: A. J. RIBBINK; title: 16 Phytoplankton Blooms in Lake Baikal, with Reference; title: to the Lake's Present State of Eutrophication; title: Y. WATANABE and V. V. DRUCKER; title: 17 Recent Faunal Changes in Lake Biwa, with Particular Reference; title: to the Bass Fishing Boom in Japan; title: K. NAKAI; title: 18 Socio-Ecological Changes around Lake Biwa:; title: How Have the Local People Experienced the Rapid Modernization?; title: Y. KADA; title: PART IV; title: INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND CONTRIBUTIONS BY LAY PEOPLE; title: Introduction; title: by Y. KADA and B. S. ORLOVE; title: 19 Local Knowledge of the Fishes of the Ancient Lakes of Africa,; title: and an Example of Comprehensive Understanding; title: G. FRYER; title: 20 Fishery Culture and Origins of the Tonga People of Lake Malawi; title: W. MSOSA t; title: 21 Lake Geneva: Elements for a Lake Culture and Significations of the Lake; title: in a Museographic Institution; title: C. BERTOLA; title: 22 Community Participation in the Survey of the Kobiwako Group; title: and the Role of the Lake Biwa Museum; title: Y. OKAMURA and K. TAKAHASHI; title: 23 Research on Aquatic Biodiversity and Human Culture:; title: Collaborative Studies with Residents of the Lake Biwa Region; title: M. YUMA, Y. KADA, T. TANAKA, R. OKADA, and Y. OONISHI; title: CONCLUDING REMARKS; title: by H. KAWANABE, G. W. COULTER, and A. C. ROOSEVELT; title: NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; title: INDEX.