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The Anasazi in a Changing Environment

The Anasazi in a Changing Environment

The Anasazi in a Changing Environment

Editor:
George J. Gumerman
Jonathan Haas, George J. Gumerman, Jeffrey S. Dean, Thor N. V. Karlstrom, Richard H. Hevly, Shirley Powell, Robert C. Euler, Fred Plog
Published:
November 1988
Availability:
Unavailable - out of print August 2007
Format:
Hardback
ISBN:
9780521346313

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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. It uses North American geological and botanical remains, and looks at the behaviour of the Anasazi - prehistoric Pueblo Indians.

    Product details

    November 1988
    Hardback
    9780521346313
    340 pages
    228 × 152 × 32 mm
    0.67kg
    44 b/w illus. 5 tables
    Unavailable - out of print August 2007

    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.
      Contributors
    • Jonathan Haas, George J. Gumerman, Jeffrey S. Dean, Thor N. V. Karlstrom, Richard H. Hevly, Shirley Powell, Robert C. Euler, Fred Plog

    • Editor
    • George J. Gumerman