Prehistoric peoples of south Florida [[electronic resource] /] / William E. McGoun

• Autore: McGoun William E. <1937->
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1993
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (149 p.)
• Disciplina: 975.9/01
• Soggetto topico: Indians of North America - Florida - Antiquities
• Soggetto geografico: Florida Antiquities
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-135) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Illustrations; Introduction: The Theory and the Area; 1. Caciques and Conquistadors: Aboriginal Peoples in the Menéndez Period; 2. On the Trail of Big Game: The Paleoindian Presence in South Florida; 3. Living Off the Land: The Enduring Hunting and Gathering Societies; 4. Earthworks and Effigies: Hopewellian-Related Societies Around the Big Lake; 5. Down to the Sea and the Shells: The Shift of Power to Southwest Florida; 6. The Road to Extinction: Aboriginal Peoples after the Menéndez Period; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: To many people in South Florida, and ""oldtimer"" is someone who has lived there for more than five years. Prehistoric Peoples of South Florida considers the culture history of the real South Florida ""oldtimers"" dating from 10,000 B.C. through the invasion by Europeans and analyzes the ways in which they adapted to their environment through time-or caused their environment to adapt to them. South Florida is a biological island, its plant communities circumscribed by the southern limits of frost. Its peoples were distinct from those to the north and were less studied
• Titolo autorizzato: Prehistoric peoples of south Florida
• ISBN: 0-8173-8410-3; 0-585-08178-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778983703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II