LEADER 03681nam 22007694a 450 001 9910453890403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8212-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000537503 035 $a(EBL)438146 035 $a(OCoLC)320323778 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000363893 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12082156 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000363893 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10394585 035 $a(PQKB)11077037 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000214601 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11166427 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000214601 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10167180 035 $a(PQKB)11371612 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438146 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8888 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438146 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10237168 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000537503 100 $a20030718d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOn land and sea$b[electronic resource] $eNative American uses of biological resources in the West Indies /$fLee A. Newsom and Elizabeth S. Wing 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (344 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1314-1 311 $a0-8173-1315-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [271]-301) and index. 327 $aContents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. An Introduction to Native American Uses of Biological Resources in the West Indies; 2. Environmental Setting; 3. Human Colonization of the West Indies; 4. Sources of Plant and Animal Samples and Methods Used to Study Them; 5. Southern Caribbean Region; 6. Lesser Antilles; 7. Greater Antilles and the Virgin Islands; 8. Bahamas Archipelago; 9. Toward a Synthetic Caribbean Paleoethnobiology; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; References Cited; Index 330 $aDuring the vast stretches of early geologic time, the islands of the Caribbean archipelago separated from continental land masses, rose and sank many times, merged with and broke from other land masses, and then by the mid-Cenozoic period settled into the current pattern known today. By the time Native Americans arrived, the islands had developed complex, stable ecosystems. The actions these first colonists took on the landscape-timber clearing, cultivation, animal hunting and domestication, fishing and exploitation of reef species-affected fragile land and sea biotic communities in b 606 $aIndians of the West Indies$xEthnobotany 606 $aIndians of the West Indies$xEthnozoology 606 $aIndigenous peoples$xEcology$zWest Indies 606 $aHuman-plant relationships$zWest Indies 606 $aHuman-animal relationships$zWest Indies 606 $aPlant remains (Archaeology)$zWest Indies 606 $aAnimal remains (Archaeology)$zWest Indies 607 $aWest Indies$xAntiquities 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIndians of the West Indies$xEthnobotany. 615 0$aIndians of the West Indies$xEthnozoology. 615 0$aIndigenous peoples$xEcology 615 0$aHuman-plant relationships 615 0$aHuman-animal relationships 615 0$aPlant remains (Archaeology) 615 0$aAnimal remains (Archaeology) 676 $a578.6/3/089970729 700 $aNewsom$b Lee A$01032696 701 $aWing$b Elizabeth S$0205003 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453890403321 996 $aOn land and sea$92450690 997 $aUNINA