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How did agriculture come about in the American Southwest? What
environmental and social factors led to the cultivation of plants?
How, in turn, did the use of these new agricultural products affect
the ancient peoples living in the region? In pursuit of answers to
these questions, Barbara Roth synthesizes data from both CRM and
academic research to explore the emergence and impact of
Southwestern agriculture. Roth examines agricultural beginnings
across the entire Southwest, both northern and southern, and across
culture groups residing there. Beyond simply addressing the arrival
and widespread adoption of specific cultigens, she pays particular
attention to human factors such as patterns of production and
variability in agricultural developments. Her consideration of
broad social and environmental dynamics affecting forager diets and
adaptive strategies sheds new light on what we know-and what we
should ask-about the transition from foraging to farming.
How did agriculture come about in the American Southwest? What
environmental and social factors led to the cultivation of plants?
How, in turn, did the use of these new agricultural products affect
the ancient peoples living in the region? In pursuit of answers to
these questions, Barbara Roth synthesizes data from both CRM and
academic research to explore the emergence and impact of
Southwestern agriculture. Roth examines agricultural beginnings
across the entire Southwest, both northern and southern, and across
culture groups residing there. Beyond simply addressing the arrival
and widespread adoption of specific cultigens, she pays particular
attention to human factors such as patterns of production and
variability in agricultural developments. Her consideration of
broad social and environmental dynamics affecting forager diets and
adaptive strategies sheds new light on what we know-and what we
should ask-about the transition from foraging to farming.
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 behaviour, flexibilityin
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 to farming and the reasons for it, the variation in
early farming across the Southwest and Great Basin, and the
differing paths followed as they developed settled villages.
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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