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This volume highlights the similarities and differences in the historical trajectories of village formation and development in eastern North America, as well as the larger processes by which villages have the power to affect large-scale social transformations. Contributors to this volume employ archaeological and historical evidence to explore the development of villages among eastern North American societies of the deep and recent past.
Woodland Indians --- Indians of North America --- American aborigines --- American Indians --- First Nations (North America) --- Indians of the United States --- Indigenous peoples --- Native Americans --- North American Indians --- Eastern Woodland Indians --- Antiquities. --- Culture --- Ethnology --- East (U.S.) --- Eastern States (U.S.) --- Eastern United States --- United States, Eastern
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An examination of the variety of small-scale economies across a variety of geographical and temporal locations, specifically of the degree to which they modified the landscape.
Hunting and gathering societies. --- Indians --- Ethnoecology. --- Human ecology. --- Environmental archaeology. --- Food gathering societies --- Gathering and hunting societies --- Hunter-gatherers --- Hunting, Primitive --- Ethnology --- Subsistence hunting --- Indian antiquities --- Indian artifacts --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Archaeology --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Nature --- Archaeology, Environmental --- Indigenous peoples --- Human ecology --- Traditional ecological knowledge --- Antiquities. --- Social aspects --- Effect of environment on --- Effect of human beings on --- Methodology --- Ecology.
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This book examines the manner in which native peoples of the first millennium in the Southeast US cooperated to form larger and more permanent villages, using the famous archaeological site of Crystal River in west-central Florida as a case study.
Excavations (Archaeology) --- Cities and towns --- Global cities --- Municipalities --- Towns --- Urban areas --- Urban systems --- Human settlements --- Sociology, Urban --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Growth --- Case studies. --- Crystal River (Fla.) --- Citrus County (Fla.) --- Citrus Co., Fla. --- Crystal River, Fla. --- History. --- Antiquities.
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"This study examines the Chesapeake area landscape from the Virginia Algonquian perspective, including its use for hunting, ceremonial worship, settlement, and pilgrimage"--Provided by publisehr.
Indians of North America --- Powhatan Indians --- American aborigines --- American Indians --- First Nations (North America) --- Indians of the United States --- Indigenous peoples --- Native Americans --- North American Indians --- Algonquian Indians --- Social life and customs. --- History. --- Culture --- Ethnology --- Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)
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The main purpose of this book is to evaluate the "state of the art" of the research on ancient maritime communities along the South American Pacific coastline. Using multidisciplinary approaches, this volume spans the earliest occupation in South America to the early years of the Spanish occupation.
Underwater archaeology --- Coastal archaeology --- Human settlements --- Material culture --- Andes Region --- Economic conditions. --- Social conditions
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'An Archaeology of Abundance' focuses on the archaeology and historical ecology of a series of islands located off the Pacific Coast of Alta and Baja California, from the Channel Islands to Cedros Island. Compared to the adjacent mainland, these islands have long been considered marginal habitats for ancient hunter-gatherers, beginning with accounts of early Spanish explorers and by later naturalists, scientists, and government agents, as well as the anthropologists and archaeologists who followed.
Islands --- Indians of North America --- Human ecology --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Antiquities. --- History. --- Channel Islands (Calif.)
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The main purpose of this book is to evaluate the "state of the art" of the research on ancient maritime communities along the South American Pacific coastline. Using multidisciplinary approaches, this volume spans the earliest occupation in South America to the early years of the Spanish occupation.
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The Galápagos Islands are one of the world's premiere nature attractions, home to unique ecosystems widely thought to be untouched and pristine. This volume reveals that the archipelago is not as isolated as many imagine, examining how centuries of human occupation have transformed its landscape.
Indians of South America --- American aborigines --- American Indians --- Indigenous peoples --- Antiquities. --- Ethnology --- Galapagos Islands --- Discovery and exploration. --- Galápagos (Ecuador : Province) --- Archipiélago de Colón --- Colón, Archipiélago de --- Archipelago of Galápagos --- Enchanted Islands --- Islas Encantadas --- Islas Galápagos --- Iye ha-Galapagos --- Archipiélago de Colón (Ecuador) --- Archipiélago de Galápagos (Ecuador) --- Provincia Insular de Galápagos (Ecuador) --- Territorio de Galápagos (Ecuador) --- Provincia de Galápagos (Ecuador)
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"This volume details how new theories and methods have recently advanced the archaeological study of initial human colonization of islands around the world, including in the southwest Pacific, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia"--
Island people --- Island archaeology. --- History.
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