LEADER 04264nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910455160603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8376-X 010 $a0-585-14093-6 035 $a(CKB)111004368621984 035 $a(EBL)547658 035 $a(OCoLC)650060142 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000160755 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11154075 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000160755 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10182456 035 $a(PQKB)11547492 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC547658 035 $a(OCoLC)44956428 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9039 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL547658 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10408258 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004368621984 100 $a19920117d1992 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aGardens of prehistory$b[electronic resource] $ethe archaeology of settlement agriculture in Greater Mesoamerica /$fedited by Thomas W. Killion 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc1992 215 $a1 online resource (353 p.) 300 $aEdited papers from a symposium held during the 52nd annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, May 9, 1987, in Toronto. 311 $a0-8173-0565-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 285-323) and index. 327 $aContents; Illustrations; Preface; 1. The Archaeology of Settlement Agriculture; 2. Factors Affecting Settlement Agriculture in the Ethnographic and Historic Record of Mesoamerica; PART I: Settlement and Agriculture in the Arid Lands of Greater Mesoamerica; 3. The Southwestern Ethnographic Record and Prehistoric Agricultural Diversity; 4. House-Lot Gardens in the Gran Chichimeca: Ethnographic Cause for Archaeological Concern; 5. The Productivity of Maguey Terrace Agriculture in Central Mexico During the Aztec Period 327 $aPART II: Artifact Distributions and the Organization of Prehistoric Agriculture: Evidence from Lowland Mesoamerica6. Residential Ethnoarchaeology and Ancient Site Structure: Contemporary Farming and Prehistoric Settlement Agriculture at Matacapan, Veracruz, Mexico; 7. A Consideration of the Olmec Phenomenon in the Tuxtlas: Early Formative Settlement Pattern, Land Use, and Refuse Disposal at Matacapan, Veracruz, Mexico; 8. Agricultural Tasks and Tools: Patterns of Stone Tool Discard Near Prehistoric Maya Residences Bordering Pulltrouser Swamp, Belize 327 $aPART III: Prehistoric Cultivation, Landscape Modification, and Chemical Characterization9. Intensive Raised-Field Agriculture in a Posteruption Environment, El Salvador; 10. Prehistoric Intrasettlement Land Use and Residual Soil Phosphate Levels in the Upper Belize Valley, Central America; PART IV: Summary and Critique; References; Contributors; Index 330 $a The prehistoric agricultural systems of the New World provided the foundations for a diverse set of complex social developments ranging from the puebloan societies of the American Southwest to the archaic state polities of Mesoamerica and the Andean region. From the tropical forests of Central America to the arid environments or northern New Mexico, Native American farmers made use of a distinctive set of cultigens and cropping systems that supported-with varying degrees of success-growing populations and expanding economies. Lacking most domesticated animals, so important to the mi 606 $aIndians$xAgriculture$vCongresses 606 $aAgriculture, Prehistoric$zAmerica$vCongresses 606 $aLand settlement patterns, Prehistoric$zAmerica$vCongresses 606 $aIndians$xAntiquities$vCongresses 607 $aAmerica$xAntiquities$vCongresses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIndians$xAgriculture 615 0$aAgriculture, Prehistoric 615 0$aLand settlement patterns, Prehistoric 615 0$aIndians$xAntiquities 676 $a630/.972/0901 701 $aKillion$b Thomas W$01057003 712 02$aSociety for American Archaeology.$bMeeting$d(52nd :$f1987 :$eToronto, Ont.) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455160603321 996 $aGardens of prehistory$92491777 997 $aUNINA