Landscapes of Movement and Predation is a global study of times and places where people were subject to brutality, displacement, and loss of life, liberty, livelihood, and possessions. Extensive landscapes of predation emerged in the colonial era when Europeans expanded across much of the world, appropriating land and demanding labor from Indigenous people, resulting in the enslavement of millions of Africans and Indigenous Americans.

Landscapes of predation also developed in precolonial times in places where people were subjected to repeated ruthless attacks and dislocation. With contributions from archaeologists and a historian, the book provides a startling new perspective on an aspect of the past that is often overlooked: the role of violence in shaping where, how, and with whom people lived. Using ethnohistoric, ethnographic, historic, and archaeological data, the authors explore the actions of both predators and their targets and uncover the myriad responses people took to protect themselves.

Contributors

Fernando Almeida

Thomas John Biginagwa

Brenda J. Bowser

Catherine M. Cameron

Charles Cobb

Robbie Ethridge

Thiago Kater

Richard M. Leventhal

Lydia Wilson Marshall

Cliverson Pessoa

Neil Price

Ben Raffield

AndrÉs ResÉndez

Samantha Seyler

FabÍola AndrÉa Silva