LEADER 04675nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910811577203321 005 20240515221531.0 010 $a1-4571-7411-1 010 $a1-60732-213-7 035 $a(CKB)3170000000060806 035 $a(EBL)3039787 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000860824 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11503869 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860824 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10915028 035 $a(PQKB)10081420 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3039787 035 $a(OCoLC)834144282 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18756 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3039787 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10678384 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL913720 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000060806 100 $a20121228d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSoils, climate & society $earchaeological investigations in ancient America /$fedited by John D. Wingard and Sue Eileen Hayes 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBoulder $cUniversity Press of Colorado$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (254 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60732-203-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : a user's guide to soils, climate, and society / Sue Eileen Hayes and John D. Wingard -- Population estimates for anthropogenically enriched soils (Amazonian dark earths) / William I. Woods, William M. Denevan, and Lilian Rebellato -- Soilscape legacies : historical and emerging consequences of socioecological interactions in Honduras / E. Christian Wells, Karla L. Davis-Salazar, and David D. Kuehn -- Drought, subsistence stress, and population dynamics : assessing Mississippian abandonment of the Vacant Quarter / Scott C. Meeks and David G. Anderson -- Mimbres mogollon farming : estimating prehistoric agricultural production during the classic Mimbres period / Michael D. Pool -- So who's counting? : modeling pre-Columbian agricultural potential in the Maya world / Sue Eileen Hayes -- Tilling the fields and building the temples : assessing the relationship among land, labor, and classic Maya elite power in the Copa?n Valley, Honduras / John D. Wingard --An EPIC challenge : estimating site population in south coastal Peru / Sue Eileen Hayes -- Feeding the masses : new perspectives on Maya agriculture from Cere?n, El Salvador / Christine C. Dixon -- How can we know? : the epistemological foundation of ecological modeling in archaeology / Sissel Schroeder. 330 $a"Much recent archaeological research focuses on social forces as the impetus for cultural change. Soils, Climate, and Society, however, focuses on the complex relationship between human populations and the physical environment, particularly the land--the foundation of agricultural production and, by extension, of agricultural peoples. This volume traces the sociocultural implications of agriculture, agriculture's effects on population, and the theory of carrying capacity, considering the relation of agriculture to the profound social changes that it wrought in the New World. Soil science plays a significant, though varied, role in each case study and is the common component of each analysis. Contributors use information derived from dendrochronology, ground-penetrating radar, soil chemistry, and meteorological records, along with a variety of analytical techniques and computer simulations to determine the amount of food that can be produced in a particular soil and the effects of occupation and cultivation on that soil. They also consider the resulting consequences for future cultivators. Soils, Climate, and Society demonstrates that renewed investigation of agricultural production and demography can answer questions about the past, as well as stimulate further research. It will be of interest to scholars of archaeology, historical ecology and geography, and agricultural history"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aIndians$xAgriculture 606 $aSoil science in archaeology$zAmerica 606 $aHuman ecology$zAmerica 606 $aAgriculture, Prehistoric$zAmerica 615 0$aIndians$xAgriculture. 615 0$aSoil science in archaeology 615 0$aHuman ecology 615 0$aAgriculture, Prehistoric 676 $a970.01 686 $aSOC003000$2bisacsh 701 $aWingard$b John Davis$f1958-$01632547 701 $aHayes$b Sue Eileen$01632548 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811577203321 996 $aSoils, climate & society$93971759 997 $aUNINA