The evolution of Calusa : a nonagricultural chiefdom of the southwest Florida coast / / Randolph J. Widmer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778374703321
• Autore: Widmer Randolph J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Tuscaloosa : , : University of Alabama Press, , 1988; ©1988
• ISBN: 0-8173-8099-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 334 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 975.9/01; 975.901
• Soggetti: Human ecology - Florida - History; Calusa Indians; Paleoecology - Florida; Florida Antiquities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography and index.; Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Introduction; Theoretical and Methodological Considerations in a Study of Coastal Adaptation; The History of Archeological Research in Southwest Florida; The Prehistory of Southwest Florida; The Environment and Ecology of Southwest Florida; The History of Environmental Change in South Florida; A Dynamic Model of the Prehistoric Coastal Adaptation in Southwest Florida; The Subsistence and Settlement Characteristics of the Calusa Adaptation; The Sociopolitical Evolution of the Calusa Chiefdom; Summary and Conclusions; References Cited; Appendix: Radiocarbon Determinations for the Middle and Late Holocene Sea-Level Position Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The aims of this study are twofold: compile, for the first time, all the archaeological, environmental, and geological data pertinent to the evolution of the aboriginal inhabitants of southwest Florida; and, using this basis, develop a specific, integrated, and dynamic model of cultural adaptation that will serve as a stimulus for hypotheses that go beyond simple culture-historical concerns for future archaeological research in ; this region.