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1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Texas A & M University anthropology series ; no. 16
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Texas A & M University anthropology series ; no. 16.
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| Note |
"This volume contains eight chapters and a peer review. Most were first presented in a symposium at the 72nd annual meeting of the Society of American Archaeology in Austin."--ECIP chapter 1. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Toyah phase in Texas: an introduction and retrospective / Nancy A. Kenmotsu and Douglas K. Boyd -- The Toyah phase and the ethnohistorical record: a case for population aggregation / Nancy A. Kenmotsu and John W. Arnn III -- Defining hunter-gatherer sociocultural identity and interaction at a regional scale: the Toyah/Tejas social field / John W. Arnn III -- The role of exotic materials in Toyah assemblages in a late prehistoric economic and social system / Karl W. Kibler -- Reconsidering the role of bison in the terminal late prehistoric (Toyah) period in Texas / Raymond Mauldin, Jennifer Thompson, and Leonard Kemp -- Bone processing and subsistence stress in late prehistoric south Texas / Zackary I. Gilmore -- What is northern Toyah phase?: the Toyah phenomenon on the Texas southern plains / Douglas K. Boyd -- Plains-Pueblo interaction: a view from the "middle" / John D. Speth and Khori Newlander -- Toyah: reflections on evolving perceptions / Elton R. Prewitt. |
| Summary |
In the fourteenth century, a culture arose in and around the Edwards Plateau of Central Texas that represents the last prehistoric peoples before the cultural upheaval introduced by European explorers. This culture has been labeled the Toyah phase, characterized by a distinctive tool kit and a bone-tempered pottery tradition. Spanish documents, some translated decades ago, offer glimpses of these mobile people. Archaeological excavations, some quite recent, offer other views of this culture, whose homeland covered much of Central and South Texas. For the first time in a single vo. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Toyah culture -- Texas -- Congresses.
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Toyah culture. |
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Texas. |
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Indians of North America -- Texas -- History -- Congresses.
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Indians of North America. |
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History. |
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Indians of North America -- Texas -- Ethnic identity -- Congresses.
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Ethnicity. |
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Indians of North America -- Material culture -- Texas -- Congresses.
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Indians of North America -- Material culture. |
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Texas -- Antiquities -- Congresses.
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Antiquities. |
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Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Texas -- Congresses.
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Antiquities, Prehistoric. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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History.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Kenmotsu, Nancy Adele.
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Boyd, Douglas K. (Douglas Kevin)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781603446907 1603446907 (DLC) 2012016413 |
| ISBN |
1603447555 (electronic book) |
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9781603447553 (electronic book) |
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9781603446907 (book/hardcover (printed case) ; alkaline paper) |
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1603446907 (book/hardcover (printed case) ; alkaline paper) |
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