| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 334 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Introduction; Theoretical and Methodological Considerations in a Study of Coastal Adaptation; The History of Archeological Research in Southwest Florida; The Prehistory of Southwest Florida; The Environment and Ecology of Southwest Florida; The History of Environmental Change in South Florida; A Dynamic Model of the Prehistoric Coastal Adaptation in Southwest Florida; The Subsistence and Settlement Characteristics of the Calusa Adaptation; The Sociopolitical Evolution of the Calusa Chiefdom; Summary and Conclusions; References Cited |
| Summary |
The aims of this study are twofold: compile, for the first time, all the archaeological, environmental, and geological data pertinent to the evolution of the aboriginal inhabitants of southwest Florida; and, using this basis, develop a specific, integrated, and dynamic model of cultural adaptation that will serve as a stimulus for hypotheses that go beyond simple culture-historical concerns for future archaeological research in this region |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-310) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Calusa Indians.
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Paleoecology -- Florida
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Human ecology -- Florida
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HISTORY -- State & Local.
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Antiquities
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Calusa Indians
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Human ecology
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Paleoecology
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| SUBJECT |
Florida -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85049217
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| Subject |
Florida
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780817380991 |
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081738099X |
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0817303588 |
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9780817303587 |
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