Soils, climate & society [electronic resource] : archaeological investigations in ancient America / edited by John D. Wingard and Sue Eileen Hayes.
Wingard, John Davis, 1958-; Hayes, Sue Eileen.
2013
E59.A35 S75 2013eb
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Title Soils, climate & society [electronic resource] : archaeological investigations in ancient America / edited by John D. Wingard and Sue Eileen Hayes.
ISBN 9781607322030 (hardback)
9781607322139 electronic book
Publication Details Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2013.
Language English
Description xvii, 233 p.
Call Number E59.A35 S75 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 970.01
Summary "Much recent archaeological research focuses on social forces as the impetus for cultural change. Soils, Climate, and Society, however, focuses on the complex relationship between human populations and the physical environment, particularly the land--the foundation of agricultural production and, by extension, of agricultural peoples. This volume traces the sociocultural implications of agriculture, agriculture's effects on population, and the theory of carrying capacity, considering the relation of agriculture to the profound social changes that it wrought in the New World. Soil science plays a significant, though varied, role in each case study and is the common component of each analysis. Contributors use information derived from dendrochronology, ground-penetrating radar, soil chemistry, and meteorological records, along with a variety of analytical techniques and computer simulations to determine the amount of food that can be produced in a particular soil and the effects of occupation and cultivation on that soil. They also consider the resulting consequences for future cultivators. Soils, Climate, and Society demonstrates that renewed investigation of agricultural production and demography can answer questions about the past, as well as stimulate further research. It will be of interest to scholars of archaeology, historical ecology and geography, and agricultural history"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Added Author Wingard, John Davis, 1958-
Hayes, Sue Eileen.
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Introduction : a user's guide to soils, climate, and society / Sue Eileen Hayes and John D. Wingard
Population estimates for anthropogenically enriched soils (Amazonian dark earths) / William I. Woods, William M. Denevan, and Lilian Rebellato
Soilscape legacies : historical and emerging consequences of socioecological interactions in Honduras / E. Christian Wells, Karla L. Davis-Salazar, and David D. Kuehn
Drought, subsistence stress, and population dynamics : assessing Mississippian abandonment of the Vacant Quarter / Scott C. Meeks and David G. Anderson
Mimbres mogollon farming : estimating prehistoric agricultural production during the classic Mimbres period / Michael D. Pool
So who's counting? : modeling pre-Columbian agricultural potential in the Maya world / Sue Eileen Hayes
Tilling the fields and building the temples : assessing the relationship among land, labor, and classic Maya elite power in the Copán Valley, Honduras / John D. Wingard
An EPIC challenge : estimating site population in south coastal Peru / Sue Eileen Hayes
Feeding the masses : new perspectives on Maya agriculture from Cerén, El Salvador / Christine C. Dixon
How can we know? : the epistemological foundation of ecological modeling in archaeology / Sissel Schroeder.

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