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Holocene hunter-gatherers of the lower Ohio River Valley [[electronic resource] /] / Richard W. Jefferies



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Autore: Jefferies Richard W Visualizza persona
Titolo: Holocene hunter-gatherers of the lower Ohio River Valley [[electronic resource] /] / Richard W. Jefferies Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (362 p.)
Disciplina: 977.1/01
Soggetto topico: Paleo-Indians - Ohio River Valley
Hunting and gathering societies - Ohio River Valley
Excavations (Archaeology) - Ohio River Valley
Land settlement - Ohio River Valley - History
Landscapes - Social aspects - Ohio River Valley - History
Paleo-Indians - Agriculture - Ohio River Valley
Paleoecology - Ohio River Valley
Human ecology - Ohio River Valley - History
Social archaeology - Ohio River Valley
Soggetto geografico: Ohio River Valley Antiquities
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-335) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Physical landscape -- Hunter-gatherer archaeological research in the lower Ohio Valley -- Peopling the valley : the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene transition -- Early Holocene foragers -- The Middle Holocene : settling into the valley -- The Late Holocene : filling the landscape -- Hunter-gatherer landscapes in space and time.
Sommario/riassunto: By the Early Holocene (10,000 to 8,000 B.P.), small wandering bands of Archaic hunter-gatherers began to annually follow the same hunting trails, basing their temporary camps on seasonal conditions and the presence of food. The Pleistocene glaciers had receded by this time, making food more plentiful in some areas and living conditions less hazardous. Although these Archaic peoples have long been known from their primary activities as hunters and gatherers of wild food resources, recent evidence has been found that indicates they also began rudimentary cultivation sometime during the
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ISBN: 0-8173-8241-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910785059603321
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