Changing river
Subtitle: time, culture and the transformation of landscape in the Grand Canyon : a regional research design for the study of cultural resources along the Colorado River in lower Glen Canyon and Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
By: by Helen C. Fairley.
Contributors: Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.
Series: Technical series -- 79.; Technical series (Statistical Research (Tucson, Ariz.)) -- no. 79.
Publisher: Statistical Research, Inc.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Tucson, Ariz
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology) -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon.; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.); Indians of North America -- Arizona -- Antiquities.; Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Antiquities.; Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.) -- Antiquities.
Description: Written in response to the USGS's call for a research design that could be used as a framework for prioritizing cultural resources in the Colorado River ecosystem below Glen Canyon Dam, a comprehensive study includes summaries of current environmental conditions and previous research and brings together diverse archaeological opinions about Grand Canyon's human story. It then presents a theoretical basis for using a landscape approach to organize future research efforts in the canyon, exploring the geophysical, paleoclimatic, and biological parameters that have shaped the canyon landscape and influenced choices made by humans as they attempted to adapt to this ecosystem. The book also examines the distribution of cultural materials and patterns, using several archaeological approaches, and investigates natural and cultural realms as mutually reinforcing and interacting components of an integrated ecosystem to which humans have applied meaning and value over time.
Notes: "Prepared for the U.S. Geological Survey, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-179).