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"This book brings together the work of archaeologists investigating prehistoric hunter-gatherers (foragers) and early farmers in both the Southwest and the Great Basin. Most previous work on this topic has been regionally specific, with researchers from each area favoring a different theoretical approach and little shared dialogue. Here the studies of archaeologists working in both the Southwest and the Great Basin are presented side by side to illustrate the similarities in environmental challenges and cultural practices of the prehistoric peoples who lived in these areas and to explore common research questions addressed by both regions. Three main themes link these papers: the role of the environment in shaping prehistoric behavior, flexibility in foraging and farming adaptations, and diversity in settlement strategies. Contributors cover a range of topics including the varied ways hunter-gatherers adapted to arid environments, the transition from hunting and gathering to farming and the reasons for it, the variation in early farmers across the Southwest and Great Basin, and the differing paths followed as they developed settled villages"--

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. --- Social archaeology --- Environmental archaeology --- Land settlement --- Desert people --- Agriculture, Prehistoric --- Hunting and gathering societies --- Prehistoric peoples --- Indians of North America --- Archaeology --- Archaeology, Environmental --- Resettlement --- Settlement of land --- Colonies --- Land use, Rural --- Human settlements --- Desert peoples --- Ethnology --- Prehistoric agriculture --- Food gathering societies --- Gathering and hunting societies --- Hunter-gatherers --- Hunting, Primitive --- Subsistence hunting --- Cavemen (Prehistoric peoples) --- Early man --- Man, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric archaeology --- Prehistoric human beings --- Prehistoric humans --- Prehistory --- Human beings --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- American aborigines --- American Indians --- First Nations (North America) --- Indians of the United States --- Indigenous peoples --- Native Americans --- North American Indians --- History. --- Antiquities. --- Methodology --- Agriculture --- Food --- Culture --- Great Basin --- Southwest, New --- Primitive societies