Archaeology of Native North AmericaRoutledge, 4 sept 2015 - 408 páginas This comprehensive text is intended for the junior-senior level course in North American Archaeology. Written by accomplished scholar Dean Snow, this new text approaches native North America from the perspective of evolutionary ecology. Succinct, streamlined chapters present an extensive groundwork for supplementary material, or serve as a core text.The narrative covers all of Mesoamerica, and explicates the links between the part of North America covered by the United States and Canada and the portions covered by Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and the Greater Antilles. Additionally, book is extensively illustrated with the author's own research and findings. |
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SPECIAL FEATURES | |
INTRODUCTION | |
The Difference between Biological and Cultural Evolution | |
Basic Concepts for the Study of Cultural Evolution | |
Ecological Approaches | |
North America and Human Potential | |
The Special Place of Rock | |
EURASIAN ORIGINS | |
ARCHAIC ADAPTATIONS | |
The Southerners | |
Later Burial Moundbuilders | |
The Beginnings of Platform Mounds | |
THE MOUNDBUILDERS | |
THE PEOPLING OF AMERICA | |
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