Ecology and Human Organization on the Great Plains

Resource Structure and Human Organization.- Grassland Ecology.- Ungulate Ecology.- Patterns of Forage Production on the Great Plains.- Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Climate and Bison Adaptations on the Great Plains.- Recent Population Movements on the Great Plains.- Ecological Relationships in Recent Plains Society.- Recent and Paleoindian Environments of the Southern High Plains.- Paleoindian Adaptations on the Great Plains.- Paleoindian Responses to Environmental Change on the Southern High Plains.- Summary and Conclusions.

List of contents

Resource Structure and Human Organization.- Grassland Ecology.- Ungulate Ecology.- Patterns of Forage Production on the Great Plains.- Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Climate and Bison Adaptations on the Great Plains.- Recent Population Movements on the Great Plains.- Ecological Relationships in Recent Plains Society.- Recent and Paleoindian Environments of the Southern High Plains.- Paleoindian Adaptations on the Great Plains.- Paleoindian Responses to Environmental Change on the Southern High Plains.- Summary and Conclusions.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas B Bamforth, Douglas B. Bamforth
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.04.2014
• EAN: 9781489920638
• ISBN: 978-1-4899-2063-8
• No. of pages: 218
• Weight: 361 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 218 p.
• Series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology; Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity