Bioarchaeology of Native American adaptation in the Spanish borderlands
By: edited by Brenda J. Baker and Lisa Kealhofer.
Contributors: Baker, Brenda J.; Kealhofer, Lisa.
Series: The Ripley P. Bullen series
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Anthropometry -- Southern States.; Indians of North America -- Anthropometry -- Southwest, New.; Indians of North America -- Southern States -- Population.; Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Population.; Ethnoarchaeology -- Southern States.; Ethnoarchaeology -- Southwest, New.; Southern States -- Antiquities.; Southwest, New -- Antiquities.
Description: Most researchers of the European settlement of North America assume that Native American populations were decimated solely and uniformly by introduced disease. Baker and Kealhofer challenge that assumption, demonstrating that Native American societies responded to European encroachment in complex and varied ways.

They draw on data from population case studies in what is now the southern United States to establish convincingly that archaeological and bioanthropological research are powerful tools for cultural interpretation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.