Ecology and Human Organization on the Great Plains

ISBN-13: 9780306429569 / Angielski / Twarda / 1988 / 218 str.

Douglas B. Bamforth

Opis

Part of a series on interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology, the book was originally completed by the author as a doctoral project. Included are sections on resource structure and human organization, grassland ecology, ungulate ecology, patterns of forage production on the Great Plains, and p

Spis treści

Resource Structure and Human Organization.- Grassland Ecology.- Ungulate Ecology.- Patterns of Forage Production on the Great Plains.- Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Climate and Bison Adaptations on the Great Plains.- Recent Population Movements on the Great Plains.- Ecological Relationships in Recent Plains Society.- Recent and Paleoindian Environments of the Southern High Plains.- Paleoindian Adaptations on the Great Plains.- Paleoindian Responses to Environmental Change on the Southern High Plains.- Summary and Conclusions.