The Columbian exchange [[electronic resource] ] : biological and cultural consequences of 1492 / / Alfred W. Crosby, Jr. ; forewords by J.R. McNeill and Otto von Mering |
Autore | Crosby Alfred W. |
Edizione | [30th anniversary edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Connecticut ; ; London, [England] : , : Praeger, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 614.497 |
Collana | Contributions in American studies |
Soggetto topico |
Indians - Diseases
Indians - Agriculture Medical geography - History Biogeography |
ISBN |
979-82-16-06308-7
0-313-09539-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword / J. R. McNeill -- Foreword / Otto von Mering -- 1. The Contrasts -- 2. Conquistador y Pestilencia -- 3. Old World Plants and Animals in the New World -- 4. The Early History of Syphilis: A Reappraisal -- 5. New World Foods and Old World Demography -- 6. The Columbian Exchange Continues. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910164957903321 |
Crosby Alfred W.
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Gardens of prehistory [[electronic resource] ] : the archaeology of settlement agriculture in Greater Mesoamerica / / edited by Thomas W. Killion |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1992 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
Disciplina | 630/.972/0901 |
Altri autori (Persone) | KillionThomas W |
Soggetto topico |
Indians - Agriculture
Agriculture, Prehistoric - America Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric - America Indians - Antiquities |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8173-8376-X
0-585-14093-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
PART 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 PART 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455160603321 |
Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1992 | ||
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Gardens of prehistory [[electronic resource] ] : the archaeology of settlement agriculture in greater Mesoamerica / / edited by Thomas W. Killion |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1992 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
Disciplina | 630/.972/0901 |
Altri autori (Persone) | KillionThomas W |
Soggetto topico |
Indians - Agriculture
Agriculture, Prehistoric - America Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric - America Indians - Antiquities |
ISBN |
0-8173-8376-X
0-585-14093-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
PART 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 PART 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778987503321 |
Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1992 | ||
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Gardens of prehistory : the archaeology of settlement agriculture in Greater Mesoamerica / / edited by Thomas W. Killion |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1992 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
Disciplina | 630/.972/0901 |
Altri autori (Persone) | KillionThomas W |
Soggetto topico |
Indians - Agriculture
Agriculture, Prehistoric - America Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric - America Indians - Antiquities |
ISBN |
0-8173-8376-X
0-585-14093-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
PART 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 PART 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807288503321 |
Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1992 | ||
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Soils, climate & society [[electronic resource] ] : archaeological investigations in ancient America / / edited by John D. Wingard and Sue Eileen Hayes |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
Disciplina | 970.01 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WingardJohn Davis <1958->
HayesSue Eileen |
Soggetto topico |
Indians - Agriculture
Soil science in archaeology - America Human ecology - America Agriculture, Prehistoric - America |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4571-7411-1
1-60732-213-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : 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 Copán 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 Cerén, El Salvador / Christine C. Dixon -- How can we know? : the epistemological foundation of ecological modeling in archaeology / Sissel Schroeder. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463567203321 |
Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, 2013 | ||
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Soils, climate & society [[electronic resource] ] : archaeological investigations in ancient America / / edited by John D. Wingard and Sue Eileen Hayes |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
Disciplina | 970.01 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WingardJohn Davis <1958->
HayesSue Eileen |
Soggetto topico |
Indians - Agriculture
Soil science in archaeology - America Human ecology - America Agriculture, Prehistoric - America |
ISBN |
1-4571-7411-1
1-60732-213-7 |
Classificazione | SOC003000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : 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 Copán 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 Cerén, El Salvador / Christine C. Dixon -- How can we know? : the epistemological foundation of ecological modeling in archaeology / Sissel Schroeder. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788500503321 |
Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, 2013 | ||
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Soils, climate & society : archaeological investigations in ancient America / / edited by John D. Wingard and Sue Eileen Hayes |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
Disciplina | 970.01 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WingardJohn Davis <1958->
HayesSue Eileen |
Soggetto topico |
Indians - Agriculture
Soil science in archaeology - America Human ecology - America Agriculture, Prehistoric - America |
ISBN |
1-4571-7411-1
1-60732-213-7 |
Classificazione | SOC003000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : 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 Copán 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 Cerén, El Salvador / Christine C. Dixon -- How can we know? : the epistemological foundation of ecological modeling in archaeology / Sissel Schroeder. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811577203321 |
Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, 2013 | ||
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