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Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History
Volume 56, 1990 - Issue 1
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Original Articles

Monitoring Archaeofaunal Changes During the Transition to Agriculture in the American Southwest

Pages 25-43 | Published online: 25 Jul 2016
 

ABSTRACT

A model for evaluating prehistoric subsistence stress and species diversity using data from faunal assemblages is developed in order to examine the transition from hunter-gatherer adaptations to agriculture in the Southwest. Most archaeofaunas from this transitional period are found to be inadequately analyzed with the exception of Ventana Cave, which follows some predictions of the model. Comparisons are made between these data and later archaeofaunas produced by Great Basin hunter-gatherers and Hohokam agriculturalists.

RESUMEN

Se desarrolla un modelo para evaluar la fuerza de la sustención y la diversidad de las especies utilizando colecciones faunales para examinar la transición desde adaptaciónes de cazador-recogedor hasta la agricultura en el suroeste. La mayor parte de las arqueo/aunas de esta época transicional han sido analisadas de modo inadecuado, a excepción de las de Ventana Cave, la cual sigue algunas de las predicciones del modelo. Comparaciones se hacen entre estos datos y arqueo/aunas posteriores producidas por cazadores-recogedores del Great Basin y los agricultores Hohokam.

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