Prehistoric Adaptation in the American Southwest

Klappentext This book is about post-Pleistocene adaptive change among the aboriginal cultures of the mountains and deserts of Arizona and New Mexico. Zusammenfassung This book is about post-Pleistocene adaptive change among the aboriginal cultures of the mountains and deserts of Arizona and New Mexico. Conceived essentially as a natural science alternative to the prevailing culture history paradigm! it offers a general theoretical framework for interpreting the archaeological record of the American South-West. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. A model for aboriginal adaptation and adaptive change; 3. Environmental and ethnographic descriptions of the study area; 4. The factor analyses; 5. Assessing the fit between the available data and the model; 6. Suggestion for future research.

Product details

• Authors: Rosalind L. Hunter-Anderson, Hunter-Anderson Rosalind L.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.04.2009
• EAN: 9780521106214
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10621-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: New Studies in Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous