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The  subsistence economies of indigenous North American societies : a handbook  Cover Image Book Book

The subsistence economies of indigenous North American societies : a handbook

Summary: "The Subsistence Economies of Indigenous North American Societies provides a comprehensive and in-depth documentation of how Native American societies met the challenges of adapting to the varied ecosystems of North America over the past 10,000 years. The contributors identify a number of recurrent themes and questions which have shaped debates regarding the nature of Native American interaction with and impact on their local environments throughout the Holocene.

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  • ISBN: 9781935623014 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 193562301X (cloth : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: print
    xi, 616 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
  • Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press ; Lanham, Md. : Published in cooperation with Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2011.

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General Note:
"A Smithsonian contribution to knowledge."
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction: Indigenous North American socities and the environment / Bruce D. Smith -- Plant use by Arctic and Subarctic indigenous peoples / Alestine Andre, Amanda Karst, and Nancy J. Turner -- Archaeological and ethnographic evidence for indigenous hunting and fishing economies in the North American Arctic and Subarctic / Christyann M. Darwent -- Plant use by Northwest Coast and Plateau indigenous peoples / Fiona Hamersley Chambers and Nancy J. Turner -- Prehistoric Native American use of animals on the Northwest Coast and Plateau / Sarah K. Campbell and Virginia L. Butler -- Archaeological and ethnographic evidence for indigenous plant use in California / Robert L. Bettinger and Eric Wohlgemuth -- Native hunting adaptations in California : changing patterns of resource use from the Early Holocene to European contact / William R. Hildebrandt and Kimberly Carpenter -- Subsistence through time in the greater Southwest / Karen R. Adams and Suzanne K. Fish -- Prehistoric hunting and fishing patterns in the American Southwest / Steven R. James -- Plant foods and foodways among the Great Basin's indigenous peoples / Catherine S. Fowler and David E. Rhode -- Animal use in the Great Basin of North America : ethnographic and archaeological evidences / Joel C. Janetski --
Subject: Indians of North America Social life and customs
Indians of North America Hunting
Indians of North America Agriculture
Indians of North America Ethnobotany
Indians of North America Ethnobiology
Human ecology North America
Subsistence economy North America

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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