Absolute Time Scale
andean
archaeological theory
Arctic Small Tool Tradition
area
Betty J. Meggers
Bone Fish
Border Line
Bottle Gourd
Category=NHKA
cross-cultural comparison
cultural ecology
Dry Rock Shelters
eastern
Eastern Woodlands
environmental adaptation
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eq_history
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eq_isMigrated=2
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Feathered Serpent
food
human-environment interaction
La Venta
Lima Beans
Maximum Body Diameter
Mesoamerican Influence
Middle Jomon
Milling Stones
Northwestern Argentina
nuclear
Olmec Art
points
Prehistoric America
Prehistoric Cultural Development
prehistoric cultural evolution in Americas
projectile
Projectile Points
Pueblo III
Relative Antiquity
resources
Sea Water
settlement patterns
Shell Middens
Soil Fertility
wild
Wild Food Resources
woodlands
Product details
- ISBN 9780202330792
- Weight: 362g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 1980
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The cultural parallels between widely separated but environmentally similar regions are often extraordinary, yet these parallels are discounted by anthropologists on the basis that they ignore a large mass of less similar data. Too often cultural parallels between distant regions have been taken for granted rather than recognized as phenomena that need to be explained. The thesis of Prehistoric America is that they are neither fortuitous nor inconsequential, but an indication of the strength of environmental pressures on cultural development. This work is an excellent introduction to the prehistoric cultures of North and South America, one that will help the reader to discover and enjoy the intellectual adventure of archeology.
