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The American frontier : an archaeological study of settlement pattern and process /
Discusses the early settlement of South Carolina in terms of the expanding agricultural frontiers and relates it to general frontier models of colonization.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Academic Press,
1984.
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| Colección: | Studies in historical archaeology (New York, N.Y.)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The American Frontier: An Archaeological Study of Settlement Pattern and Process; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; Colonization as a Process of Change; Modeling Processes of Colonization; Colonization and the Archaeological Record; The Frontier as a Regional Process; Relevance of Frontier Studies; Agricultural Colonization in British North America; The South Carolin a Frontier; Beyond Agricultural Frontiers
- Chapter 2. The Development of a Frontier ModelIntroduction; The Frontier: Development of the Concept; The Frontier and European Expansion; The Development of a Model of Insular Frontier Settlement; The South Carolina Frontier: Sources of Evidence; Chapter 3. The Development of South Carolin a as an Insular Frontier; Introduction; South Carolina as a Region; South Carolina's Establishment as a Colony; Transport and Spatial Patterning on the South Carolina Frontier; The Expansion of the South Carolina Frontier; Patterns of Settlement on the South Carolina Frontier
- Settlement Pattern and Function: The Organization of Activities on the South Carolina FrontierSettlement Hierarchy: The Colonization Gradient in South Carolina; Summary; Chapter 4. Examining the Insular Frontier in South Carolina: Research Directions and Archaeological Hypotheses; Introduction; Basic Assumptions; Processes and Patterns; Historical Analogy and Archaeological Investigation; Examining the Archaeological Record; The Development of Archaeological Hypotheses; Summary; Chapter 5. Examining Hypotheses for the Colony's Establishment; Introduction
- Hypothesis 1: Creation and Maintenance of Cultural Ties with the HomelandHypothesis 2: Innovation and the Frontier Environment; Hypothesis 3: Long-Term Settlement in the Area of Colonization; Chapter 6. Examining Hypotheses for Spatial Patterning; Introduction; Hypothesis 4: Definition of the Entrep�ot; Hypothesis 5: The Dendritic Form of Settlement; Chapter 7. Examining Hypotheses for Expansion; Introduction; Hypothesis 6: Expansion as a Continuous Process; Hypothesis 7: Patterns of Settlement Distribution
- Chapter 8. Examining Hypotheses for Settlement Pattern and the Distribution of ActivitiesIntroduction; Hypothesis 8: Frontier Towns, Secondary Centers of Activity; Hypothesis 9: Nucleated Settlements on the Frontier; Hypothesis 10: Dispersed Frontier Settlements; Settlement Function and Distribution : A Summary; Chapter 9. The Colonization Gradient and a Summary of the Archaeological Analysis; Hypothesis 11: The Colonization Gradient; Summary of the Archaeological Analysis; Chapter 10. Beyond the Insular Frontier; Introduction; Expanding the Frontier Concept: Cosmopolitan Frontier Change