02786nam 2200577Ia 450 991045192380332120200520144314.00-8173-8099-X(CKB)1000000000479996(EBL)438231(OCoLC)808806406(SSID)ssj0000151487(PQKBManifestationID)11151045(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000151487(PQKBWorkID)10317401(PQKB)10837692(MiAaPQ)EBC438231(OCoLC)183317429(MdBmJHUP)muse9261(Au-PeEL)EBL438231(CaPaEBR)ebr10387668(EXLCZ)99100000000047999619920724d1988 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEvolution of Calusa[electronic resource] A nonagricultural chiefdom of the southwest Florida coast /Randolph J. WidmerTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc19881 online resource (353 p.)Includes index.0-8173-0358-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 CitedAppendix: Radiocarbon Determinations for the Middle and Late Holocene Sea-Level PositionIndex 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. Human ecologyFloridaHistoryFloridaAntiquitiesElectronic books.Human ecologyHistory.975.9/01975.901Widmer Randolph J1047010MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451923803321Evolution of Calusa2474333UNINA