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..
Abstract
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).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2012
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 2011
- Field Date
- No Date
- Coverage Date
- 1300-700 BP (AD 700-1300)
- Coverage Place
- Western Anasazi, Colorado Plateaus, Southwestern United States
- Notes
- Alan P. Sullivan III
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-167)
- 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.