Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
Archaeological Science
Coping with Incomplete Information
The Use and Misuse of Evidence
Mistakes and Fakes
Biological and Cultural Evolution
Basic Concepts for the Study of Cultural Evolution
Theoretical Approaches
North America and Human Potential
Calendric Conventions and Basic Terms
Oral Tradition
Art and Symbolism: Rock Art
Glossary
References
2 Eurasian Origins
Geological Background
The Expansion of Early Humans
Environment and Adaptation
Genetic Evidence
The Evidence of Languages
The Evidence of Bones and Teeth
Demography and Conflict
Subsistence and Economy
Traveling Companions
Architecture and Technology
Resilience and Collapse
Glossary
References
3 The Peopling of America
Environment and Adaptation
Demography and Conflict
Expansion Along the Pacific Coast
Expansion into the Interior
Architecture and Technology
Subsistence and Economy
The Great Extinction
Paleoindian Skeletal Evidence
Culture, Language, and Identity
Art and Symbolism
Resilience and Collapse
Glossary
References
4 Archaic Cultures
Environment and Adaptation
Demography and Conflict
Managing Mobility
Subsistence and Economy
Centers of Plant Domestication
Architecture and Technology
Culture, Language, and Identity
Art and Symbolism
Resilience and Collapse
Glossary
References
5 The Arctic and Subarctic
Arctic Environment and Adaptation
Northern Paleoindian and Paleo-Arctic
Northern Archaic and Related Adaptations
The Arctic Small Tool Tradition
Dorset, Kachemak, Norton, Choris, Ipiutak, and Old Bering Sea
Thule
Arctic Demography and Conflict
Arctic Subsistence and Economy
Arctic Architecture and Technology
Arctic Culture, Language, and Identity
Arctic Art and Symbolism
Arctic Resilience and Collapse
Subarctic Environment and Adaptation
Subarctic Demography and Conflict
Subarctic Subsistence and Economy
Subarctic Architecture and Technology
Subarctic Culture, Language, and Identity
Subarctic Art and Symbolism
Subarctic Resilience and Collapse
Glossary
References
6 Moundbuilders of the Eastern Woodlands
Environment and Adaptation
Demography, Cooperation, and Conflict
Subsistence and Economy
Architecture and Technology
Adena Culture
Hopewell Culture
The Hopewell Trade Network
Culture, Language, and Identity
Art and Symbolism
Resilience and Collapse
Glossary
References
7 The Mississippians
Environment and Adaptation
Demography and Conflict
Subsistence and Economy
Architecture and Technology
Culture, Language, and Identity
Regional Variants
Art and Symbolism
Resilience and Collapse
Glossary
References
8 The Northeastern Forests
Environment and Adaptation
Demography and Conflict
Central and Eastern Algonquians
Northern Iroquoians
Subsistence and Economy
New England and the Maritime Provinces
Lower Great Lakes
Upper Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi River
Architecture and Technology
Northern Iroquoians
Culture, Language, and Identity
Northern Iroquoians
Central and Eastern Algonquians
Art and Symbolism
Central and Eastern Algonquians
Northern Iroquoians
Resilience and Collapse
Glossary
References
9 The Interior West
Environment and Adaptation
The Great Plains
The Great Basin
The Plateau
Demography and Conflict
The Great Plains
Plains Woodland Cultures
Plains Village Cultures
Middle Missouri Cultures
The Coalescent Tradition
The Great Basin
Fremont Culture
The Numic Expansion
The Plateau
The Horse Nomads
Subsistence and Economy
Architecture and Technology
Culture, Language, and Identity
Art and Symbolism
Resilience and Collapse
Glossary
References
10 The Greater Southwest
Environment and Adaptation
Demography and Conflict
Subsistence and Economy
Architecture and Technology
Hohokam
Mogollon
Ancestral Pueblo
Culture, Language, and Identity
Language Families
The Chaco Phenomenon
Art and Symbolism
Mogollon
Ancestral Pueblo
Resilience and Collapse
Glossary
References
11 The West Coast
Environment and Adaptation
Northwest Coast
California
Baja California
Demography and Conflict
Northwest Coast
California and Baja California
Subsistence and Economy
Architecture and Technology
Northwest Coast
Culture, Language, and Identity
Northwest Coast
California
California Tribelets
Chumash Culture
Art and Symbolism
Northwest Coast
California and Baja California
Resilience and Collapse
Glossary
References
12 The Gulf Rim and the Caribbean Islands
Environment and Adaptation
The Gulf Coast
The Caribbean Islands
Demography and Conflict
Subsistence and Economy
Architecture and Technology
Early Mound Building
Troyville-Coles Creek Culture
Weeden IslandβFort Walton Cultures
Safety Harbor
Belle Glade
The Miami Circle
Pensacola Culture
The Antilles
Culture, Language, and Identity
Art and Symbolism
Resilience and Collapse
Glossary
References
13 Mesoamerica
Environment and Adaptation
Highland Basin of Mexico
Highlands in Oaxaca, Mexico
The Gulf Lowlands
The Maya Lowlands
Demography and Conflict
Complexity in the Formative
Monte AlbΓ‘n: From Formative to Classic Center
Maya City-States in the Lowlands
The Postclassic Toltecs
Rise of the Aztecs
Subsistence and Economy
Architecture and Technology
Olmec Centers
The Mexican Highlands
Teotihuacan
Monte AlbΓ‘n
Classic Maya
Tula
West Mexico
Tenochtitlan
Culture, Language, and Identity
Classic Maya City-States
Tikal
Palenque
Copan
The Aztecs
Art and Symbolism
The Mesoamerican Ball Game
Olmec Art and Symbolism
Zapotec Art and Symbolism
Classic Maya Art and Symbolism
Maya Calendars
Aztec Art and Symbolism
Resilience and Collapse
The Classic Maya Collapse
Glossary
References
14 Archaeology in the Modern World
Environment and Adaptation
Demography and Conflict
The Colonial Experience
Subsistence and Economy
Architecture and Technology
Culture, Language, and Identity
NAGPRA
Art and Symbolism
Resilience and Collapse
Modern American Indians
Archaeology and American Indians
Glossary
References
Index