Of Caves and Shell Mounds

Informationen zum Autor Kenneth C. Carstens is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Murray State University Anthropology Program and Archaeology Service Center. Patty Jo Watson is Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. Klappentext Ancient human groups in the Eastern Woodlands of North America were long viewed as homogeneous and stable hunter-gathers, changing little until the late pre-historic period when Mesoamerican influences were thought to have stimulated important economic and social developments. The authors in this volume offer new contrary evidence to dispute this earlier assumption. Zusammenfassung Ancient human groups in the Eastern Woodlands of North America were often seen as homogeneous and stable hunter-gatherers! changing little until the late prehistoric period. This work challenges this view! demonstrating instead the complexity of prehistoric peoples in this region of North America.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kenneth C. (EDT)/ Watson Carstens
• Con la collaborazione di: Kenneth C Carstens (Editore), Kenneth C. Carstens (Editore), Patty J. Watson (Editore), Patty Jo Watson (Editore)
• Editore: The University of Alabama Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.1996
• EAN: 9780817308056
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-0805-6
• Pagine: 209
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria