Case Studies in Environmental Archaeology
1st Edition
Published on 30. June 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXII, 402 pages
978-0-306-45253-6 (ISBN)
Description
This volume contains case studies in environmental archaeology that apply data obtained from various disciplines-including zooarchaeology, archaeobotany, human biology, and geoarchaeology-to explore important anthropological issues. Studies include geological and biological data from sites located in North America, the Caribbean basin, and South America. Rather than critiquing or advocating specific environmental techniques, each study demonstrates how and why the information obtained from their use is important to anthropologists and archaeologists.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
NY
United States
Publishing group
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Target group
College/higher education
Research
Illustrations
Illustrations, maps, port.
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
598 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-306-45253-6 (9780306452536)
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Elizabeth Reitz | C. Margaret Scarry | Sylvia J. Scudder
Case Studies in Environmental Archaeology
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12/2007
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Springer
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Elizabeth J. Reitz | Lee A. Newsom | Sylvia J. Scudder
Case Studies in Environmental Archaeology
Book
06/1996
Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
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Content
Introduction: 1. Issues in Environmental Archaeology; E.J. Reitz, et al. 2. Four Discoveries: Environmental Archaeology in Southwest Florida; W.H. Marquardt. The Physical Environment and Paleoenvironments: 3. Geoarchaeology and Archaeostratigraphy: View from a Northwest Coast Shell Midden; J.K. Stein. 4. Human Influence on Pedogenesis: Midden Soils on a Southwest Florida Pleistocene Island; S.J. Scudder. 5. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Environmental Reconstruction: An Example from the Ozark Highland; F.B. King, J.E. King. 6. Historical Perspectives on Timbisha Shoshone Land Management Practices, Death Valley, California; C.S. Fowler. 7. Native Americans and the Panamanian Landscape; R.G. Cooke , et al. 8. Environmental Change and Its Consequences for Human Society on the Central Andean Coast: A Malacological Perspective; D.H. Sandweiss. Nutrition and Health: 9. Biobehavioral Adaptations in the Western Great Basin; C.S. Larsen, et al. 10. Parasite Ecology of Two Anasazi Villages; K.J. Reinhard. Subsistence Strategies: 11. Nutritional Constraints and Mobility Patterns of Hunter-Gatherers in the Northern Chihuanhuan Desert; K.D. Sobolik. 12. Sedentism in Coastal Populations of South Florida; M. Russo, I.R. Quitmyer. 13. Reconstructing Subsistence in the Lowland Tropics: A Case Study from the Jama River Valley, Manabi, Ecuador; D.M. Pearsall. 14. Feast or Famine? Seasonal Diet at a Fort Ancient Community; G.E. Wagner. 15. Game Procurement among Temperate Horticulturalists: The Case for Garden Hunting by the Dolores Anasazi; S.W. Neusius. 16. The Archaeobotanical, Bone Isotope, and Zooarchaeological Records from Caribbean Sites in Comparative Perspective; S.D. de France, et al. 17. Subsistence Strategies in Coastal Ecuador; K.M. Byrd. Social Complexity: 18. Meat Consumption and Bone Use in a Mississippian Village; M.A. Zeder, S.R. Arter. 19. Who Ate What? Archaeological Food Remains and Cultural Diversity; E.M. Scott. Conclusion: 20. Environmental Archaeology and Historical Archaeology; K.A. Deagan. Index.