Title: Late Holocene Research on Foragers and Farmers in the Desert West /
Authors: Roth, Barbara J., 1958-; McBrinn, Maxine,
Year: 2016
Subjects: Indians of North America West (U.S.) Antiquities.; Prehistoric peoples West (U.S.); Hunting and gathering societies West (U.S.) History.; Agriculture, Prehistoric West (U.S.); Desert people West (U.S.) History.; Land settlement West (U.S.) History.; Environmental archaeology West (U.S.); Social archaeology West (U.S.); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.; Agriculture, Prehistoric.; Antiquities; Desert people; Environmental archaeology; Hunting and gathering societies; Indians of North America Antiquities.; Land settlement; Prehistoric peoples; Social archaeology; Southwest, New Antiquities.; Great Basin Antiquities.; New Southwest; United States Great Basin; West United States
Abstract: "This book brings together the work of archaeologists investigating prehistoric hunter-gatherers (foragers) and early farmers in both the Southwest and the Great Basin. Most previous work on this topic has been regionally specific, with researchers from each area favoring a different theoretical approach and little shared dialogue. Here the studies of archaeologists working in both the Southwest and the Great Basin are presented side by side to illustrate the similarities in environmental challenges and cultural practices of the prehistoric peoples who lived in these areas and to explore common research questions addressed by both regions. Three main themes link these papers: the role of the environment in shaping prehistoric behavior, flexibility in foraging and farming adaptations, and diversity in settlement strategies. Contributors cover a range of topics including the varied ways hunter-gatherers adapted to arid environments, the transition from hunting and gathering to farming and the reasons for it, the variation in early farmers across the Southwest and Great Basin, and the differing paths followed as they developed settled villages"--
Contents: 1. Introduction: Foragers and Early Farmers in the Desert West / Maxine E. McBrinn and Barbara J. Roth -- 2. Early Farming and the Fate of Archaic Hunter-Gatherers in the Albuquerque Basin / Jim A. Railey -- 3. Resistant Foragers : Foraging and Maize Cultivation in the Northern Rio Grande Valley / Bradley J. Vierra and Maxine E. McBrinn -- 4. Deconstructing the Early Agricultural Period in Southern Arizona / Stephanie M. Whittlesey -- 5. Were They Sedentary and Does It Matter? : Early Farmers in the Tucson Basin / Barbara J. Roth -- 6. Farming, Foraging, and Remote Storage in Range Creek : Shifting Strategies of Maize Cultivation, Residential Mobility, and Food Storage in Cliff Granaries among the Fremont of the Northern Colorado Plateau / K. Renee Barlow -- 7. Fremont Farming : The Nature of Cultivation in Northwestern Colorado, 2000-500 BP / A. Dudley Gardner and William R. Gardner -- 8. Farmers on the Go : A Forager-Farmer Model for the Las Vegas Valley, Southern Nevada / Heidi Roberts and Richard V.N. Ahlstrom -- 9. Late Fremont Cultural Identities and Borderland Processes / Michael T. Searcy and Richard K. Talbot -- 10. Evolving Patterns of Villages in the Southwestern Mojave Desert, California / Mark Q. Sutton.