essay
Risk, anthropogenic environments, and western Anasazi subsistence
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: 145-167
By: Sullivan, Alan P..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Many of our current conceptions of environment/culture interaction in the prehistoric Anasazi Southwest are based on premises regarding plant-use and human behavior that are rarely scrutinized critically. In this article the author examines the foundations of risk-based models, evaluates their consequences, and sketches an alternative model that explores the implications of systematic burning and wild-resource production for Western Anasazi subsistence organization (p. 145).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Land use
- Flora
- Tillage
- Fire
- Collecting
- General tools
- Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Early Anasazi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- No Date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1300-700 BP (AD 700-1300)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Western Anasazi, Colorado Plateaus, Southwestern United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Alan P. Sullivan III
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-167)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95045139
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- 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.