The Anasazi in a Changing Environment
The Anasazi in a Changing Environment
George J. Gumerman
December 1988
Unavailable - out of print
Hardback
9780521346313
Out of Print
Hardback
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.
Product details
December 1988Hardback
9780521346313
340 pages
228 × 152 × 32 mm
0.67kg
44 b/w illus. 5 tables
Unavailable - out of print
Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Foreword Jonathan Haas
- Preface George J. Gumerman
- 1. A historical perspective on environment and culture in Anasazi country George J. Gumerman
- 2. A model of Anasazi behavioural adaption Jeffrey S. Dean
- 3. Alluvial chronology and hydrologic change of Black Mesa and nearby regions Thor N. V. Karlstrom
- 4. Prehistoric vegetation and paleoclimates on the Colorado Plateaus Richard H. Hevly
- 5. Dendrochronology and paleoenvironmental reconstruction on the Colorado Plateaus Jeffrey S. Dean
- 6. Anasazi demographic patterns and organizational responses: assumptions and interpretive difficulties Shirley Powell
- 7. Demography and cultural dynamics on the Colorado Plateaus Robert C. Euler
- 8. Anasazi adaptive strategies: the model, predictions, and results Fred Plog, George J. Gumerman, Robert C. Euler, Jeffrey S. Dean, Richard H. Hevly and Thor N. V. Karlstrom
- 9. Afterword George J. Gumerman
- References
- Index.
