ISBN:
0-521-34631-2
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978-0-521-34631-3
Language:
English
Pages:
xx, 317 Seiten
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Illustrationen
Edition:
First published
Series Statement:
School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series [25]
Series Statement:
A _School of American Research Book [25]
Keywords:
Anasazi Prähistorie, Am
;
Prähistorie, NA
;
Indianer, präkolumbianisch, Nordamerika
;
Indianer, Südwesten
;
Demographie
;
Paläoökologie
Abstract:
The contributors to this book seek to reconstruct the past environment of the North American Southwest using geological and botanical remains, particularly the evidence from tree rings. Archaeological predictions about the ways in which the Anasazi (ancestral Pueblo) would react under certain environmental and demographic conditions are matched over time against the reconstructed environment to provide an understanding of how human behavior is affected by the changing environment.The book outlines a thousand-year chronicle of environmental and cultural history that provides an experimental baseline for explaining broad patterns of interaction between humans and their environment. It sets a new standard in archaeological research, and at the same time links the ancient past with the modern world around us in thought-provoking fashion. (Umschlagtext)
Description / Table of Contents:
List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Foreword by Jonathan Haas -- Preface by George J. Gumerman -- 1. A historical perspective on environment and culture in Anasazi country, George J. Gumerman -- 2. A model of Anasazi behavioral adaption, Jeffrey S. Dean -- 3. Alluvial chronology and hydrologic change of Black Mesa and nearby regions, Thor N. V. Karlstrom -- 4. Prehistoric vegetation and paleoclimates on the Colorado Plateaus, Richard H. Hevly -- 5. Dendrochronology and paleoenvironmental reconstruction on the Colorado Plateaus, Jeffrey S. Dean -- 6. Anasazi demographic patterns and organizational responses: assumptions and interpretive difficulties, Shirley Powell -- 7. Demography and cultural dynamics on the Colorado Plateaus, Robert C. Euler -- 8. Anasazi adaptive strategies: the model, predictions, and results, Fred Plog, George J. Gumerman, Robert C. Euler, Jeffrey S. Dean, Richard H. Hevly, and Thor N. V. Karlstrom -- 9. Afterword, George J. Gumerman -- References -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 282-310"Advanced Seminar entitled "Anasazi Cultural Developments and Paleoenvironmental Correlates" was held in October 1981." (Preface)Enthält 9 Beiträge
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