The Late Archaic across the Borderlands : : From Foraging to Farming / / ed. by Bradley J. Vierra.

Why and when human societies shifted from nomadic hunting and gathering to settled agriculture engages the interest of scholars around the world. One of the most fruitful areas in which to study this issue is the North American Southwest, where Late Archaic inhabitants of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2005
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Texas Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (344 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER 1 Borderlands Introduction
  • CHAPTER 2 The Late Archaic/Early Agricultural Period in Sonora, Mexico
  • CHAPTER 3 Changing Knowledge and Ideas about the First Farmers in Southeastern Arizona
  • CHAPTER 4 A Biological Reconstruction of Mobility Patterns in Late Archaic Populations
  • CHAPTER 5 Environmental Constraints on Forager Mobility and the Use of Cultigens in Southeastern Arizona and Southern New Mexico
  • CHAPTER 6 The Transition to Farming on the Río Casas Grandes and in the Southern Jornada Mogollon Region
  • CHAPTER 7 Late Archaic Stone Tool Technology across the Borderlands
  • CHAPTER 8 Late Archaic Foragers of Eastern Trans-Pecos Texas and the Big Bend
  • CHAPTER 9 Ecological Factors Affecting the Late Archaic Economy of the Lower Pecos River Region
  • CHAPTER 10 An Overview of the Late Archaic in Southern Texas
  • CHAPTER 11 Many Perspectives But a Consistent Pattern: Comments on Contributions
  • CHAPTER 12 Documenting the Transition to Food Production along the Borderlands
  • Contributors
  • Index