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From the Pleistocene to the Holocene

From the Pleistocene to the Holocene human organization and cultural transformations in prehistoric North America / [electronic resource] : edited by C. Britt Bousman and Bradley J. Vierra. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (448 p.) - Texas A&M University anthropology series ; no. 17 . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

"Most chapters began as papers for a symposium on Paleoindian-Archaic transitions in North America, given at the Society for American Archaeology meetings in Salt Lake City in 2005. Not all presenters submitted a chapter, so others were solicited to expand the geographic coverage of the volume."--Chapter 1.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronology, environmental setting, and views of the terminal Pleistocene and early Holocene cultural transitions in North America / C. Britt Bousman and Bradley J. Vierra -- Environmental change and archaeological transitions in early post-glacial Alaska / Michael R. Bever -- The Paleoindian to Archaic transition in the Pacific Northwest: in situ development or ethnic replacement? / James C. Chatters, Steven Hackenberger, Anna M. Prentiss, and Jayne-Leigh Thomas -- The Paleo-Archaic transition in western California / Jeffrey S. Rosenthal and Richard T. Fitzgerald -- The emergence of the desert Archaic in the Great Basin / George T. Jones and Charlotte Beck -- Paleoindian and Archaic traditions in Sonora, Mexico / Guadalupe Sanchez and John Carpenter -- The Paleoindian to Archaic transition: the Northwestern Plains and Central Rocky Mountains / Mary Lou Larson -- Ancient foragers of the Northern Rio Grande Valley / Bradley J. Vierra, Margaret A. Jodry, M. Steven Shackley, and Michael J. Dilley -- The Protoarchaic in Central Texas and surrounding areas / C. Britt Bousman and Eric Oksanen -- The Ozark Highland Paleoarchaic / Marvin Kay -- The transition from Paleoindian to Archaic in the Middle Tennessee Valley / Boyce N. Driskell, Scott C. Meeks, and Sarah C. Sherwood -- Shades of gray redux: the Paleoindian/Early Archaic "transition" in the Northeast / Kurt W. Carr and J. M. Adovasio.

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Human beings--Effect of climate on--North America--Congresses.
Human ecology--North America--Congresses.
Paleoecology--North America--Congresses.
Paleoecology--Holocene--Congresses.
Paleoecology--Pleistocene--Congresses.
Pleistocene-Holocene boundary--Congresses.
Antiquities, Prehistoric--North America--Congresses.
Hunting and gathering societies--North America--Congresses.
Indians of North America--Antiquities--Congresses.
Paleo-Indians--North America--Congresses.


North America--Antiquities--Congresses.


Electronic books.

E77.8 / .F76 2012

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