#  History, Archaeology, and Ecology in the Galápagos Islands 

 



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 **April 24, 2017** 

 12:00PM - 12:00PM EDT 

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 **Tozzer 203, 21 Divinity Ave, Cambridge MA 02138**  



 

 



 

Dr. Peter W. Stahl (Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria) will present his research in Ecuador: "History, Archaeology, and Ecology in the Galápagos Islands*"*

This presentation explores issues involving conservation biology, the emergence of novel ecosystems, and the historic production of humanized landscapes in Ecuador’s Galápagos National Park. It considers the development of a unique and internationally renowned biota and the inevitable materialization of a “Galápagos Paradox” when human interest undermines those features of the ecosystem that originally attracted human interest. The image of a people-free natural laboratory for seeing and understanding evolution is essential to the existence of a lucrative ecotourism industry, yet it obscures a temporally deeper and more complex association with humans which can be explored through archaeological and historical sources. The presentation summarizes recent research undertaken at El Progreso, a 19th century industrial scale sugar plantation in the interior highlands of San Cristóbal island that explores landscape transformation in the middle of one of the world’s premier nature destinations.



 

 

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