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Paleontology - General & Miscellaneous, U.S. - Southwest - Antiquities, Native North American Peoples - Anthropology & Archaeology, Ancient Cultures - Archaeology, Archaeology & Ancient Native North American Cultures, Archaeology - General & Miscellaneous
An outline of a 1000 year chronicle of environmental and cultural history which attempts to explain broad patterns of interaction between humans and their environment. It uses North American geological and botanical remains, and looks at the behaviour of the Anasazi - prehistoric Pueblo Indians.
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An outline of a 1000 year chronicle of environmental and cultural history which attempts to explain broad patterns of interaction between humans and their environment.
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A week-long seminar at the School of American Research in Oct. 1981 heard most of these papers at a seminar entitled "Anasazi Cultural Developments and Paleoenvironmental Correlates". They dealt with many aspects of climate and its changes: historical perspectives; a model of behavioral adaptation; alluvial chronology and hydrologic change; vegetation and paleoclimates; dendrochronology; demographic patterns; demography and cultural dynamics; and adaptive strategies. These are very important contributions to Anasazi studies specifically, and to methodology in archaeology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
A week-long seminar at the School of American Research in Oct. 1981 heard most of these papers at a seminar entitled "Anasazi Cultural Developments and Paleoenvironmental Correlates". They dealt with many aspects of climate and its changes: historical perspectives; a model of behavioral adaptation; alluvial chronology and hydrologic change; vegetation and paleoclimates; dendrochronology; demographic patterns; demography and cultural dynamics; and adaptive strategies. These are very important contributions to Anasazi studies specifically, and to methodology in archaeology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
