Del i serien Issues in Southwest Archaeology

Agricultural Beginnings in the American Southwest

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

AvBarbara J. Roth

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How did agriculture come about in the American Southwest? What environmental and social factors led to the cultivation of plants? How, in turn, did the use of these new agricultural products affect the ancient peoples living in the region? In pursuit of answers to these questions, Barbara Roth synthesizes data from both CRM and academic research to explore the emergence and impact of Southwestern agriculture.Roth examines agricultural beginnings across the entire Southwest, both northern and southern, and across culture groups residing there. Beyond simply addressing the arrival and widespread adoption of specific cultigens, she pays particular attention to human factors such as patterns of production andvariability in agricultural developments. Her consideration of broad social and environmental dynamics affecting forager diets and adaptive strategies sheds new light on what we know—and what we should ask—about the transition fromforaging to farming.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-10-12
Mått157 x 239 x 16 mm
Vikt431 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieIssues in Southwest Archaeology
Antal sidor200
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780759121713
Utmärkelser2017 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award, Anthropology/Archaeology

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Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Agronomi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Barbara J. Rothis professor of anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her numerous publications includeLate Holocene Research on Foragers and Farmers in the Desert West(co-editor), Engendering Households in the Prehistoric Southwest(editor),andEarly Formative Adaptations in the Southern Southwest(editor). Her research has long focused on hunter-gatherer adaptations to arid environments and the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture.

This excellent book applies a range of conceptual approaches and an up-to-date data set to the analysis of agricultural origins—an important topic in the prehistory of the American Southwest and, more broadly, in World prehistory. I am not aware of any other recent, single-author publication that provides such a comprehensive review of the subject from across the American Southwest, including such thorough treatment of evidence scattered among what are often obscure (though generally well done) reports from the realm of contract archaeology.