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Based on a major research programme, and originally published in
1985, this book looked to provide an economic foundation for
reinterpreting the Neolithic-Bronze Age sequence of South-east
Spain in terms of emergent social complexity. The cultural
evolution of the area had already been considered in terms of
influence from the eastern Mediterranean but this book uses site
catchment analysis to give an economic baseline for all thirty-five
of the better-known prehistoric settlements of the region. Site
catchment analysis assumes that people minimised transport costs in
production and that ancient and modern resource spaces correspond
systematically. This research therefore studied modern land use and
combined it with evidence from historical, archaeological and
geomorphological investigation. The book shows the increasing
social complexity evident in the archaeological record emerging as
a result of progressive intensification of agricultural technique.
Offering a complete coherent evolutionary model for the
archaeological sequence of the region's prehistory, this book is a
worthy in-depth study for prehistorians, geographers and anyone
interested in the history of the western Mediterranean.
Based on a major research programme, and originally published in
1985, this book looked to provide an economic foundation for
reinterpreting the Neolithic-Bronze Age sequence of South-east
Spain in terms of emergent social complexity. The cultural
evolution of the area had already been considered in terms of
influence from the eastern Mediterranean but this book uses site
catchment analysis to give an economic baseline for all thirty-five
of the better-known prehistoric settlements of the region.
Site catchment analysis assumes that people minimised transport
costs in production and that ancient and modern resource spaces
correspond systematically. This research therefore studied modern
land use and combined it with evidence from historical,
archaeological and geomorphological investigation. The book shows
the increasing social complexity evident in the archaeological
record emerging as a result of progressive intensification of
agricultural technique. Offering a complete coherent evolutionary
model for the archaeological sequence of the region s prehistory,
this book is a worthy in-depth study for prehistorians, geographers
and anyone interested in the history of the western
Mediterranean."
In the early 1970s, understanding of the Mimbres region as a whole
was in its infancy. In the following decades, thanks to dedicated
work by enterprising archaeologists and nonprofit organizations,
our understanding of the Mimbres region has become more complex,
nuanced, and rich. New Perspectives on Mimbres Archaeology brings
together these experts for the first time in a single volume. They
discuss current knowledge of the people who lived in the Mimbres
region of the southwestern United States and how our knowledge has
changed since the Mimbres Foundation, directed by Steven A.
LeBlanc, began the first modern archaeological investigations in
the region. Many of these authors have spent decades conducting the
fieldwork that has allowed for a broader understanding of Mimbres
society. Focusing on a variety of important research topics of
interest to archaeologists-including the social contexts of people
and communities, the role of ritual and ideology in Mimbres
society, evidence of continuities and cultural change through time,
and the varying impacts of external influences throughout the
region-New Perspectives on Mimbres Archaeology presents recent data
and interpretations on the entire pre-Hispanic sequence of
occupation. Additional contributions include a history of nonprofit
archaeology by William H. Doelle and a concluding chapter by Steven
A. LeBlanc reflecting on his decades-long work in Mimbres
archaeology and outlining important areas for the next wave of
research. Contributors: Roger Anyon Darrell Creel Michael W. Diehl
William H. Doelle Patricia A. Gilman Thomas E. Gruber Robert J.
Hard Michelle Hegmon Steven A. LeBlanc Stephen H. Lekson James R.
McGrath Paul E. Minnis Ben A. Nelson Margaret C. Nelson F. Michael
O'Hara III Kathryn Putsavage John R. Roney Barbara J. Roth Will G.
Russell Jonathan A. Sandor Karen Gust Schollmeyer Jakob W. Sedig
Robert J. Speakman Robert J. Stokes Matthew Taliaferro Elizabeth
Toney Christopher A. Turnbow Aaron R. Woods
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