Montane Foragers : Asana and the south-central Andean archaic /

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"All previous books dealing with prehistoric hunter-gatherers in the high Andes have treated ancient mountain populations from a troglodyte's perspective, as if they were little different from lowlanders who happened to occupy jagged terrain. In Montane Foragers, Mark Aldenderfer builds a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Aldenderfer, Mark S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©1998.
Subjects:
Indians of South America > Peru > Asana River Valley > Antiquities.
Indians of South America > Food > Peru > Asana River Valley.
Indians of South America > Anthropometry > Peru > Asana River Valley.
Hunting and gathering societies > Peru > Asana River Valley.
Mountain ecology > Peru > Asana River Valley.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Peru > Asana River Valley.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Hunting and gathering societies.
Indians of South America > Anthropometry.
Indians of South America > Antiquities.
Indians of South America > Food.
Mountain ecology.
Vor- und Frühgeschichte
Indiens > Pérou > Asana, vallée de l' > Antiquités.
Indiens > Pérou > Asana, vallée de l' > Alimentation.
Indiens > Pérou > Asana, vallée de l' > Anthropométrie.
Fouilles archéologiques > Pérou > Asana, vallée de l'.
Écologie des montagnes > Pérou > Asana, vallée de l'.
Chasseurs > Cueilleurs > Pérou > Asana, vallée de l'.
Asana Site (Peru)
Asana River Valley (Peru) > Antiquities.
Peru > Asana River Valley.
Peru > Asana Site.
Asana > Peru
Asana, Vallée de l' (Pérou) > Antiquités.
Asana (Pérou ; site archéologique)
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"All previous books dealing with prehistoric hunter-gatherers in the high Andes have treated ancient mountain populations from a troglodyte's perspective, as if they were little different from lowlanders who happened to occupy jagged terrain. In Montane Foragers, Mark Aldenderfer builds a unique and penetrating model of montane foraging that justly shatters this traditional approach to ancient mountain populations." "Aldenderfer's investigation elucidates elevational stress - what it takes for humans to adjust and survive at high altitudes. In a masterful integration of mountain biology and ecology, he emphasizes the nature of hunter-gatherer adaptations to high-mountain environments." "Aldenderfer's detailed archaeological case study of high-elevation foraging adaptation, his description of this extreme environment as a viable human habitat, and his theoretical model of montane foraging create a new understanding of the lifeways of foraging peoples worldwide."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 327 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-324) and index.
ISBN:9781587292644
1587292645

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