essay

Demography, environment, and subsistence stress

Evolving complexity and environmental risk in the prehistoric Southwest : proceedings of the Workshop 'Resource Stress, Economic Uncertainty, and Human Response in the Prehistoric Southwest,' held February 25-29, 1992, in Santa Fe, NM. editors, Joseph A. Tainter, Bonnie Bagley Tainter (24) • Published In 1996 • Pages: 25-56

By: Dean, Jeffrey S..

Abstract
Dean reviews 'potential instances of resource stress caused by environmental, demographic, and behavioral variability during the last 2000 years ...[This] provides a basis for assessing the relevance of Southwestern prehistory to understanding change and evolution in … cultural systems.' (page 48). Although Dean discusses the last 2000 years only the data pertaining to 1300-700 BP (AD 700-1300) were coded for Outline of Cultural Material codes.
Subjects
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Climate
Topography and geology
Location
Settlement patterns
Population
Environmental quality
tradition
Early Anasazi
HRAF PubDate
2012
Region
North America
Sub Region
Southwest and Basin
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Archaeologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
Analyst
Sarah Berry; 2011
Field Date
not specified
Coverage Date
1300-700 BP (AD 700-1300)
Coverage Place
the Southwest; Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, United States
Notes
Jeffrey S. Dean
Includes bibliographical references (p. 52-56)
LCCN
95045139
LCSH
Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Economic conditions--Congresses.
Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Social conditions--Congresses.
Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Antiquities--Congresses.
Subsistence economy--Southwest, New--Congresses.
Hunting and gathering societies--Southwest, New--Congresses.
Southwest, New--Environmental conditions--Congresses.
Southwest, New--Antiquities--Congresses.