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1 online resource (xii, 346 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-335) and index. |
Contents |
Physical landscape -- Hunter-gatherer archaeological research in the lower Ohio Valley -- Peopling the valley : the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene transition -- Early Holocene foragers -- The Middle Holocene : settling into the valley -- The Late Holocene : filling the landscape -- Hunter-gatherer landscapes in space and time. |
Summary |
By the Early Holocene (10,000 to 8,000 B.P.), small wandering bands of Archaic hunter-gatherers began to annually follow the same hunting trails, basing their temporary camps on seasonal conditions and the presence of food. The Pleistocene glaciers had receded by this time, making food more plentiful in some areas and living conditions less hazardous. Although these Archaic peoples have long been known from their primary activities as hunters and gatherers of wild food resources, recent evidence has been found that indicates they also began rudimentary cultivation sometime during the Middle Ho. |
Local Note |
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Subject |
Paleo-Indians -- Ohio River Valley.
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Paleo-Indians. |
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Ohio River Valley. |
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Hunting and gathering societies -- Ohio River Valley.
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Hunting and gathering societies. |
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Ohio River Valley.
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
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Land settlement -- Ohio River Valley -- History.
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Land settlement. |
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History. |
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Landscapes -- Social aspects -- Ohio River Valley -- History.
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Landscapes -- Social aspects. |
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Landscapes. |
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Paleo-Indians -- Agriculture -- Ohio River Valley.
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Paleo-Indians -- Agriculture. |
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Paleoecology -- Ohio River Valley.
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Paleoecology. |
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Human ecology -- Ohio River Valley -- History.
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Human ecology. |
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Social archaeology -- Ohio River Valley.
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Social archaeology. |
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Ohio River Valley -- Antiquities.
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Antiquities. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Jefferies, Richard W. Holocene hunter-gatherers of the lower Ohio River Valley. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2009 (DLC) 2008050481 |
ISBN |
9780817382414 (electronic) |
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0817382410 (electronic) |
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0817316582 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780817316587 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0817355413 (paper ; alkaline paper) |
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9780817355418 (paper ; alkaline paper) |
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9780817316587 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780817355418 (paper ; alkaline paper) |