The Anasazi in a changing environment /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988.
Description:xx, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:School of American Research advanced seminar series
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/887711
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Other authors / contributors:Gumerman, George J.
ISBN:0521346312
Notes:"A School of American Research book."
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 282-310.
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • List of tables
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1. A historical perspective on environment and culture in Anasazi country
  • 2. A model of Anasazi behavioural adaption
  • 3. Alluvial chronology and hydrologic change of Black Mesa and nearby regions
  • 4. Prehistoric vegetation and paleoclimates on the Colorado Plateaus
  • 5. Dendrochronology and paleoenvironmental reconstruction on the Colorado Plateaus
  • 6. Anasazi demographic patterns and organizational responses: assumptions and interpretive difficulties
  • 7. Demography and cultural dynamics on the Colorado Plateaus
  • 8. Anasazi adaptive strategies: the model, predictions, and results Fred Plog
  • 9. Afterword
  • References
  • Index