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Complex adaptive systems and Southwestern prehistory
understanding complexity in the prehistoric southwest • 16 • Published In 1994 • Pages: 297-339
By: Wills, W. H. (Wirt Henry), Crown, Patricia L., Dean, Jeffrey S., Langton, Christopher G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Wills et al. examine the theories that pertain to agricultural strategies, land use, resource depletion, population density, aggregation, and mobility. The archaeological data is then consulted to see if the theories explain the data.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Settlement patterns
- Exploitative activities
- Tillage
- Exchange and transfers
- Internal migration
- Population
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1800-700 BP (AD 200-1300)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- W. H. Wills, Patricia L. Crown, Jeffrey S. Dean, and Christopher G. Langton
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-339)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94006317
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Antiquities--Computer simulation
- Adaptation (Biology)--Mathematical models
- Archaeology--Southwest, New--Methodology
- Southwest, New--Antiquities