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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791536303321

Autore

Stojanowski Christopher M (Christopher Michael), <1973->

Titolo

Biocultural histories in La Florida [[electronic resource] ] : a bioarchaeological perspective / / Christopher M. Stojanowski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2005

ISBN

0-8173-8434-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Disciplina

304.6/09759/09032

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Missions - Southern States

Indians of North America - Anthropometry - Southern States

Indians of North America - Southern States - Population

Missions, Spanish - Southern States - History

Ethnoarchaeology - Southern States

Human remains (Archaeology) - Southern States

Dental anthropology - Southern States

Florida History Spanish colony, 1565-1763

Southern States Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-184) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Historical bioarchaeology -- The setting : the Spanish mission system of La Florida -- Bioethnohistory -- Evolution and transmission of human tooth size -- Conceptual and research methods -- Demographic transformations among the Apalachee -- Aggregation and collapse on the Georgia coast -- Local and global histories.

Sommario/riassunto

Indigenous populations respond to colonial expansion. This book examines the effects of the Spanish mission system on population structure and genetic variability in indigenous communities living in northern Florida and southern Georgia during the 16th and 17th centuries. Data on tooth size were collected from 26 archaeological samples representing three time periods:  Late Precontact (~1200-1500), Early Mission (~1600-1650), and Late Mission (~1650-1700) and were subjected to a series of statistical tests evaluating genetic variability. Predicted changes in phenotypic populatio