First Peoples in a New World : Colonizing Ice Age America / / David J. Meltzer |
Autore | Meltzer David J. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2009] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (481 p.) |
Disciplina | 970.01 |
Soggetto topico |
Glacial epoch - North America
Glacial epoch --North America North America - Antiquities North America --Antiquities Paleo-Indians - North America Paleo-Indians --North America Ethnic & Race Studies Gender & Ethnic Studies Social Sciences |
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american archeology
anthropology appearance of human being archaeology climates colonization colonized controversy earliest americans early peopling environments first americans genetics geology glaciers global climates humans ice age north america ice age linguistics new world north america north american history physical anthropology prehistory remote places retrospective science skeletal biology |
ISBN |
1-282-36087-6
9786612360879 0-520-94315-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. OVERTURE -- 2. THE LANDSCAPE OF COLONIZATION -- 3. FROM PALEOLITHS TO PALEOINDIANS -- 4. THE PRE-CLOVIS CONTROVERSY AND ITS RESOLUTION -- 5. NON-ARCHAEOLOGICAL ANSWERS TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS -- 6. American Origins: The Search for Consensus -- 7. What Do You Do When No One's Been There Before? -- 8. CLOVIS ADAPTATIONS AND PLEISTOCENE EXTINCTIONS -- 9. Settling In: Late Paleoindians and the Waning Ice Age -- 10. WHEN PAST AND PRESENT COLLIDE -- FURTHER READING -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
Altri titoli varianti | Colonizing ice age America |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778566603321 |
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The great basin [[electronic resource] ] : a natural prehistory / / Donald K. Grayson |
Autore | Grayson Donald K |
Edizione | [Rev. and expanded ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (433 p.) |
Disciplina | 508.79 |
Altri autori (Persone) | GraysonDonald K |
Soggetto topico |
Geology, Stratigraphic - Pleistocene
Geology, Stratigraphic - Holocene Geology - Great Basin Paleontology - Great Basin Indians of North America - Great Basin - Antiquities Paleo-Indians - Great Basin |
Soggetto non controllato |
american west
animals archaeological sites archaeology biogeography bison bonneville salt flats botany california climate death valley ecosystem environment environmentalism geology glaciers great basin great salt lake history indigenous people lake cores lake tahoe lakes natural history nature nevada oregon packrat middens paleontology rivers science tree rings utah wildlife |
ISBN |
1-283-27782-4
9786613277824 0-520-94871-8 |
Classificazione | NAT011000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The Great Basins -- pt. 2. Some Ice Age background -- pt. 3. The late Ice Age Great Basin -- pt. 4. The last 10,000 years -- pt. 5. Great Basin archaeology -- pt. 6. Conclusions. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789634603321 |
Grayson Donald K
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