On land and sea: Native American uses of biological resources in the West Indies
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1. Verfasser: Newsom, Lee A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Press ©2004
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-301) and index
List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. An Introduction to Native American Uses of Biological Resources in the West Indies; 2. Environmental Setting; 3. Human Colonization of the West Indies; 4. Sources of Plant and Animal Samples and Methods Used to Study Them; 5. Southern Caribbean Region; 6. Lesser Antilles; 7. Greater Antilles and the Virgin Islands; 8. Bahamas Archipelago; 9. Toward a Synthetic Caribbean Paleoethnobiology; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; References Cited; Index
Provides a storehouse of information on the human ecology of the Caribbean and illuminates the processes of colonization of island systems anywhere in the world. During the vast stretches of early geologic time, the islands of the Caribbean archipelago separated from continental land masses, rose and sank many times, merged with and broke from other land masses, and then by the mid-Cenozoic period settled into the current pattern known today. By the time Native Americans arrived, the islands had developed complex, stable ecosystems. The actions these first colonists took on the landscapeâ??tim
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ISBN:081731315X
0817382127
9780817313159
9780817382124

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