Description |
1 online resource (xv, 327 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 High-Mountain Environments as a Human Habitat; 2 The South-Central Andes and the Osmore Basin as a Human Habitat; 3 The Archaic Period Archaeology of the Western Flanks of the South-Central Andes; 4 Field and Analytical Methods; 5 The Geological Setting of Asana; 6 The Discovery and Initial Permanent Settlement of the Highlands; 7 Growth, Emergent Complexity, and Decline: Asana from 8700 to 5000 B.P.; 8 Rapid Transformation: Asana from 5000 to 3600 B.P.; 9 Asana and Models of Montane Foraging; References Cited; Index |
Summary |
"All previous books dealing with prehistoric hunter-gatherers in the high Andes have treated ancient mountain populations from a troglodyte's perspective, as if they were little different from lowlanders who happened to occupy jagged terrain. In Montane Foragers, Mark Aldenderfer builds a unique and penetrating model of montane foraging that justly shatters this traditional approach to ancient mountain populations." "Aldenderfer's investigation elucidates elevational stress - what it takes for humans to adjust and survive at high altitudes. In a masterful integration of mountain biology and ecology, he emphasizes the nature of hunter-gatherer adaptations to high-mountain environments." "Aldenderfer's detailed archaeological case study of high-elevation foraging adaptation, his description of this extreme environment as a viable human habitat, and his theoretical model of montane foraging create a new understanding of the lifeways of foraging peoples worldwide."--Jacket |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-324) and index |
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Subject |
Indians of South America -- Peru -- Asana River Valley -- Antiquities
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Indians of South America -- Food -- Peru -- Asana River Valley
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Indians of South America -- Anthropometry -- Peru -- Asana River Valley
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Hunting and gathering societies -- Peru -- Asana River Valley
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Mountain ecology -- Peru -- Asana River Valley
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Peru -- Asana River Valley
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Antiquities
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Hunting and gathering societies
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Indians of South America -- Anthropometry
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Indians of South America -- Antiquities
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Indians of South America -- Food
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Mountain ecology
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Vor- und Frühgeschichte
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Indiens -- Pérou -- Asana, vallée de l' -- Antiquités.
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Indiens -- Pérou -- Asana, vallée de l' -- Alimentation.
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Indiens -- Pérou -- Asana, vallée de l' -- Anthropométrie.
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Fouilles archéologiques -- Pérou -- Asana, vallée de l'.
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Écologie des montagnes -- Pérou -- Asana, vallée de l'.
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Chasseurs -- Cueilleurs -- Pérou -- Asana, vallée de l'.
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Asana Site (Peru)
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Asana River Valley (Peru) -- Antiquities
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Peru -- Asana River Valley
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Peru -- Asana Site
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Asana Peru
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Asana, Vallée de l' (Pérou) -- Antiquités.
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Asana (Pérou ; site archéologique)
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781587292644 |
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1587292645 |
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