Prehistoric Culture Change on the Colorado Plateau
Prehistoric Culture Change on the Colorado Plateau

Author: Shirley Powell

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2016-02

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 0816532877

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A collection of writings by participants in the Black Mesa Archaeological Project offers a synthesis of Kayenta-area archaeology, examining the ancestral Puebloan and Navajo occupation of the Four Corners region, and analysing faunal, lithic, ceramic, chronometric, and human osteological data, to construct an account of the prehistory and ethnohistory of northern Arizona that demonstrates how organizational variation and other aspects of culture change are largely a response to a changing natural environment.

Ancient Peoples of the Great Basin and the Colorado Plateau
Ancient Peoples of the Great Basin and the Colorado Plateau

Author: Steven R. Simms

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781598742961

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Written to appeal to professional archaeologists, students, and the interested public alike, this book is a long overdue introduction to the ancient peoples of the Great Basin and northern Colorado Plateau. Through detailed syntheses, the reader is drawn into the story of the habitation of the Great Basin from the entry of the first Native Americans through the arrival of Europeans. Ancient Peoples is a major contribution to Great Basin archaeology and anthropology, as well as the general study of foraging societies.

Evolving Complexity And Environmental Risk In The Prehistoric Southwest
Evolving Complexity And Environmental Risk In The Prehistoric Southwest

Author: Joseph A. Tainter

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2018-05-04

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 0429972210

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This book explores how and why prehistoric Southwestern societies changed in complexity, and offers important new perspectives on evolution of culture. It discusses the factors that made prehistoric Southwesterners vulnerable to an arid environment, and their strategies to lessen risk and stress.

The Prehistory of Colorado and Adjacent Areas
The Prehistory of Colorado and Adjacent Areas

Author: Tammy Stone

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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The Prehistory of Colorado and Adjacent Areas is a short, accessible account of the state's human past. Based on the archaeological record, this book reconstructs past lifeways using current theory and explanations. Using a regional, rather than site-specific approach, it presents current explanations of what prehistoric Coloradans did at various points in time and why they changed.

The Colorado Plateau
The Colorado Plateau

Author: Donald L. Baars

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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Written with the general reader in mind, this is the updated edition of the classic on the geology of the red rock and canyon country of the Fours Corners region of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.