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001 2015031833
003 DLC
005 20151202080858.0
008 151124s2015 utu b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2015031833
020 $a9781607814467 (cloth : alkaline paper)
020 $z9781607814474 (ebook)
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050 00 $aE78.W5$bL375 2015
082 00 $a979.004/97$223
084 $aSOC003000$2bisacsh
245 00 $aLate Holocene research on foragers and farmers in the desert West /$cedited by Barbara J. Roth and Maxine E. McBrinn.
263 $a1604
264 1 $aSalt Lake City :$bThe University of Utah Press,$c2015.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 2 $a"This book brings together the work of archaeologists investigating prehistoric hunter-gatherers (foragers) and early farmers in both the Southwest and the Great Basin. Most previous work on this topic has been regionally specific, with researchers from each area favoring a different theoretical approach and little shared dialogue. Here the studies of archaeologists working in both the Southwest and the Great Basin are presented side by side to illustrate the similarities in environmental challenges and cultural practices of the prehistoric peoples who lived in these areas and to explore common research questions addressed by both regions. Three main themes link these papers: the role of the environment in shaping prehistoric behavior, flexibility in foraging and farming adaptations, and diversity in settlement strategies. Contributors cover a range of topics including the varied ways hunter-gatherers adapted to arid environments, the transition from hunting and gathering to farming and the reasons for it, the variation in early farmers across the Southwest and Great Basin, and the differing paths followed as they developed settled villages"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a1. Introduction: Foragers and Early Farmers in the Desert West / Maxine E. McBrinn and Barbara J. Roth -- 2. Early Farming and the Fate of Archaic Hunter-Gatherers in the Albuquerque Basin / Jim A. Railey -- 3. Resistant Foragers : Foraging and Maize Cultivation in the Northern Rio Grande Valley / Bradley J. Vierra and Maxine E. McBrinn -- 4. Deconstructing the Early Agricultural Period in Southern Arizona / Stephanie M. Whittlesey -- 5. Were They Sedentary and Does It Matter? : Early Farmers in the Tucson Basin / Barbara J. Roth -- 6. Farming, Foraging, and Remote Storage in Range Creek : Shifting Strategies of Maize Cultivation, Residential Mobility, and Food Storage in Cliff Granaries among the Fremont of the Northern Colorado Plateau / K. Renee Barlow -- 7. Fremont Farming : The Nature of Cultivation in Northwestern Colorado, 2000-500 BP / A. Dudley Gardner and William R. Gardner -- 8. Farmers on the Go : A Forager-Farmer Model for the Las Vegas Valley, Southern Nevada / Heidi Roberts and Richard V.N. Ahlstrom -- 9. Late Fremont Cultural Identities and Borderland Processes / Michael T. Searcy and Richard K. Talbot -- 10. Evolving Patterns of Villages in the Southwestern Mojave Desert, California / Mark Q. Sutton.
650 0 $aIndians of North America$zWest (U.S.)$xAntiquities.
650 0 $aPrehistoric peoples$zWest (U.S.)
650 0 $aHunting and gathering societies$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory.
650 0 $aAgriculture, Prehistoric$zWest (U.S.)
650 0 $aDesert people$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory.
650 0 $aLand settlement$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory.
650 0 $aEnvironmental archaeology$zWest (U.S.)
650 0 $aSocial archaeology$zWest (U.S.)
651 0 $aSouthwest, New$xAntiquities.
651 0 $aGreat Basin$xAntiquities.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aRoth, Barbara J.,$d1958-
700 1 $aMcBrinn, Maxine.