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Bioarchaeology of Native American adaptation in the Spanish borderlands /

Most researchers of the European settlement of North America assume that Native American populations were decimated solely and uniformly by introduced disease. Baker and Kealhofer challenge that assumption, demonstrating that Native American societies responded to European encroachment in complex an...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Baker, Brenda J., Kealhofer, Lisa
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©1996.
Collection:Ripley P. Bullen series.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Most researchers of the European settlement of North America assume that Native American populations were decimated solely and uniformly by introduced disease. Baker and Kealhofer challenge that assumption, demonstrating that Native American societies responded to European encroachment in complex and varied ways. They draw on data from population case studies in what is now the southern United States to establish convincingly that archaeological and bioanthropological research are powerful tools for cultural interpretation.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xii, 232 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0813018994
9780813018997
9780813014647
0813014646