9780201870404: Evolving Complexity And Environmental Risk In The Prehistoric Southwest
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ISBN 10 : 0201870401 ISBN 13 : 9780201870404
Editeur : Westview Press, 1996

Synopsis

This book explores how and why prehistoric Southwestern societies changed in complexity, and offers important new perspectives on evolution of culture. It discusses the factors that made prehistoric Southwesterners vulnerable to an arid environment, and their strategies to lessen risk and stress.

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À propos de l'auteur

Joseph A. Tainter is project leader of Cultural Heritage Research, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has taught anthropology at the University of New Mexico, and is the author or editor of many articles and monographs. His book The Collapse of Complex Societies develops a long-standing research interest in the evolution of socioeconomic complexity. His work has been recognized in several fields, and has led to invitations to lecture to organizations as diverse as the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities and the International Society for Ecological Economics.Bonnie Bagley Tainter is an archaeologist, poet, editor, and private consultant. Her academic interests range from vertebrate and invertebrate evolution to Southwestern archaeology, and include historic preservation planning for her home community of Corrales, New Mexico. She previously contributed to the editing of several papers for the book Effects of War on Society, and has done research on the architecture of Hovenweep National Monument and on prehistoric settlement changes in the Albuquerque area.

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Éditeur
Westview Press
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0201870401
ISBN 13 
9780201870404
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
296
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9780201870398: Evolving Complexity And Environmental Risk In The Prehistoric Southwest

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0201870398 ISBN 13 :  9780201870398
Editeur : Westview Press, 1995
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