ISBN:
9789027979407
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XIII, 478 S.)
,
Ill.
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155 x 230 mm
Series Statement:
World Anthropology
Parallel Title:
Print version Early Native Americans : Prehistoric Demography, Economy, and Technology
DDC:
970.01
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Relazioni preparate per il 9. International congress of anthropological and ethnological sciences, tenuto a Chicago, Ill., nel 1973
Description / Table of Contents:
General Editor's Preface; Preface; SECTION ONE: PLEISTOCENE MAN IN NORTH AMERICA; Introduction; Calico Mountains Site: Pleistocene Archaeology in the Mojave Desert, California; The Metate: An Early Grain-Grinding Implement in the New World; Wisconsin and Pre-Wisconsin Stone Industries of New York State and Related Tools from a Shop Site near Tula, Mexico; The Trimmed-Core Tradition in Asiatic-American Contacts; Fractured Cherts from Pleistocene Fossiliferous Beds at Medicine Hat, Alberta
Description / Table of Contents:
The California Coastal Region: Its Late Pleistocene and Holocene Climate and Function as an Ice Age RefugiumSECTION TWO: MICROBLADE TRADITIONS AND MIGRATIONS; Introduction; Early Migrations to America in the Light of a Study of the Dyuktai Paleolithic Culture in Northeast Asia; Concerning the Cultural Contacts Between Asia and America in the Late Paleolithic; Fluted Points at the Batza Téna Obsidian Source, Northwestern Interior Alaska; Late Paleolithic Cultures in Alaska; Microblades and Prehistory: Technological and Cultural Considerations for the North Pacific Coast
Description / Table of Contents:
SECTION THREE: PALEODEMOGRAPHYIntroduction; An Ecological Interpretation of Variation in Mortality Within Three Prehistoric American Indian Populations from Dickson Mounds; Patterns of Microscopic Bone Remodeling in Three Aboriginal American Populations; Epigenetic Distance: A Study of Biological Variability in the Lower Illinois River Region; A Sample of Northern North American Hunter-Gatherers and the Malthusian Thesis: An Explicitly Quantified Approach; SECTION FOUR: LATER CULTURAL ADAPTATIONS AND TECHNOLOGICAL STUDIES; Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
Prehistoric Diet and Parasites in the Desert West of North AmericaPrehistoric Basketry of Western North America and Mexico; The Introduction, Use, and Technology of Fiber-Tempered Pottery in the Southeastern United States; Coding and Cluster Analysis of Wisconsin Ceramics; The Temple Town Community: Cahokia and Amalucan Compared; An Interpretation of the Two-Climax Model of Illinois Prehistory; Biographical Notes; Index of Names; Index of Subjects
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1515/9783110824872
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