A Complex Culture Of The British Columbia Plateau

Author : Brian Hayden
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774844612
Total Pages : 587 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Complex Culture of the British Columbia Plateau written by Brian Hayden and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early hunter/gatherer societies have traditionally been considered basically egalitarian in nature. This assumption, however, has been challenged by contemporary archaeological and anthropological research, which has demonstrated that many of these societies had complex social, economic, and political structures. This volume considers two British Columbia Native communities -- the Lillooet and Shuswap communities of Fountain and Pavilion - and traces their development into complex societies. The authors explore the relation between resource characteristics and hunter/gatherer adaptations and examine the use of fish, animal, and plant species, documenting their availability and the techniques used in their gathering, processing, and storing. The book also shows how cultural practices, such as raiding, potlatching, and stewardship of resources, can be explained from a cultural ecological point of view. An important contribution to the study of hunting and gathering cultures in the Northwest, this book is the most detailed examination of the subsistence base of a particular hunting and gathering group to date. Its exploration of the reasons why complex hunting and gathering societies emerge, as well as the ecological relationships between cultures and resources, will make an important contribution to the study of cultural ecology and contemporary archaeology.

Author : William C Prentiss
Publisher : University of Utah Press
ISBN 13 : 087480793X
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complex Hunter Gatherers written by William C Prentiss and published by University of Utah Press. This book was released on 2004-09-15 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A broad synthesis of the archaeology of the Plateau region of the Pacific Northwest and the evolution and organization of the complex hunter-gatherers in general.

Author : Anna Marie Prentiss
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 077482168X
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book People of the Middle Fraser Canyon written by Anna Marie Prentiss and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Middle Fraser Canyon contains some of the most important archaeological sites in British Columbia, including the remains of ancient villages that supported hundreds, if not thousands, of people. How and why did these villages come into being? Why were they abandoned? In search of answers to these questions, Prentiss and Kuijt take readers on a voyage of discovery into the ancient history of the St’át’imc, or Upper Lillooet, a people whose struggles and successes are brought to vivid life through photographs, artistic and fictionalized reconstructions of life in the villages, and discussions of evidence from archaeological surveys and excavations.

Author : Orlando Cerasuolo
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 143848514X
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Archaeology of Inequality written by Orlando Cerasuolo and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2021-09-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Archaeology of Inequality explores the different aspects of social boundaries and articulation by comparing several interdisciplinary approaches for the analysis of the archaeological data, as well as actual case studies from the Prehistory to the Classical world. The book explores slavery, gender, ethnicity and economy as intersecting areas of study within the larger framework of inequality and exemplifies to what degree archaeologists can identify and analyze different patterns of inequality.

Author : R. G. Matson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315417391
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Prehistory of the Northwest Coast written by R. G. Matson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a descriptive overview of the cultural complexity on the northwest coast that stretches from northern California to Alaska. Topics covered range from the earliest settlements to the subsequent cultural diversities in Native American populations. Maps, charts, and illustrations further enhance the book's interest and appeal.

Author : Roderick Sprague
Publisher : Northwest Anthropology
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Northwest Anthropological Research Notes written by Roderick Sprague and published by Northwest Anthropology. This book was released on with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the Pow Wow Circuit in the Interior Northwest - Kathleen A. Dahl The Southeastern Idaho Prehistoric Sequence - Ernest S. Lohse Towards an Early Social History of Chinook Jargon - Christopher F. Roth Notes on Indian .Houses of the Wappato Valley - Yvonne Hajda Changes in Subsistence Stategies at the Tsawwassen Site, a Southwestern British Columbia Shell Midden - Karla D. Kusmer A Bibliography of Plateau Ethnobotany - Debra Welch & Michael Striker

Author : Alan Daniel McMillan
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre
ISBN 13 : 1553650530
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Peoples in Canada written by Alan Daniel McMillan and published by Douglas & McIntyre. This book was released on 2004 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous eds. published under title: Native peoples and cultures of Canada.

Author : Paul E. Minnis
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816502233
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book People and plants in ancient western North America written by Paul E. Minnis and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : T. Douglas Price
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1489912894
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foundations of Social Inequality written by T. Douglas Price and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this authoritative volume, leading researchers offer diverse theoretical perspectives and a wide-range of information on the beginnings and nature of social inequality in past human societies. Their illuminating work investigates the role of status differentiation in traditional archaeological debates and major societal transitions. This volume features numerous case studies from the Old and New World spanning foraging societies to agricultural groups and complex states. Diachronic in view and archaeological in focus, this book will be of significant interest to archaeologists, anthropologists, and students.

Author : UNESCO Office Mexico
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9231001418
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human origin sites and the World Heritage convention in the Americas, Volume II written by UNESCO Office Mexico and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: