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Ancient human groups in the Eastern Woodlands of North America were long viewed as homogeneous and stable hunter-gatherers, changing little until the late prehistoric period when Mesoamerican influences were thought to have stimulated important economic and social developments. The authors in this v...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Southeastern Archaeological Conference
Otros Autores: Carstens, Kenneth Charles, Watson, Patty Jo, 1932-
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©1996.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Ancient human groups in the Eastern Woodlands of North America were long viewed as homogeneous and stable hunter-gatherers, changing little until the late prehistoric period when Mesoamerican influences were thought to have stimulated important economic and social developments. The authors in this volume offer new, contrary evidence to dispute this earlier assumption, and their studies demonstrate the vigor and complexity of prehistoric peoples in the North American Midwest and Midsouth. These peoples gathered at favored places along midcontinental streams to harvest mussels and other wild fo.
Notas:Based on a symposium for the Southeastern Archaeological Conference held in Tampa, Florida, 1989.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 209 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-198) and index.
ISBN:0585140804
9780585140803
9780817383428
0817383425