Barbara J. Roth

Agricultural Beginnings in the American Southwest (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

How did agriculture come about in the American Southwest? What environmental and social factors led to the cultivation of plants? How, in turn, did the use of these new agricultural products affect the ancient peoples living in the region? In pursuit of answers to these questions, Barbara Roth synthesizes data from both CRM and academic research to explore the emergence and impact of Southwestern agriculture. Roth examines agricultural beginnings across the entire Southwest, both northern and southern, and across culture groups residing there. Beyond simply addressing the arrival and widespread adoption of specific cultigens, she pays particular attention to human factors such as patterns of production andvariability in agricultural developments. Her consideration of broad social and environmental dynamics affecting forager diets and adaptive strategies sheds new light on what we know-and what we should ask-about the transition fromforaging to farming.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780759121737
• Artikelnr.: 47040003

Autorenporträt

Barbara J. Rothis professor of anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her numerous publications includeLate Holocene Research on Foragers and Farmers in the Desert West(co-editor), Engendering Households in the Prehistoric Southwest(editor),andEarly Formative Adaptations in the Southern Southwest(editor). Her research has long focused on hunter-gatherer adaptations to arid environments and the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1
Understanding Agricultural Beginnings in the American Southwest Chapter 2
How We Think about Agricultural Origins Chapter 3
Foraging Behavior and Agricultural Beginnings Chapter 4
The Northern Southwest Chapter 5
The Southern Southwest Chapter 6
Exploring Agricultural Beginnings