Evolution of Calusa : A nonagricultural chiefdom of the southwest Florida coast / Randolph J. Widmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Widmer, Randolph J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology--Florida--History.

Human ecology.

Florida--Antiquities.

Florida.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 334 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The aims of this study are twofold: compile, for the first time, all the archaeological, environmental, and geological data pertinent to the evolution of the aboriginal inhabitants of southwest Florida; and, using this basis, develop a specific, integrated, and dynamic model of cultural adaptation that will serve as a stimulus for hypotheses that go beyond simple culture-historical concerns for future archaeological research in this region.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Introduction; Theoretical and Methodological Considerations in a Study of Coastal Adaptation; The History of Archeological Research in Southwest Florida; The Prehistory of Southwest Florida; The Environment and Ecology of Southwest Florida; The History of Environmental Change in South Florida; A Dynamic Model of the Prehistoric Coastal Adaptation in Southwest Florida; The Subsistence and Settlement Characteristics of the Calusa Adaptation; The Sociopolitical Evolution of the Calusa Chiefdom; Summary and Conclusions; References Cited

Appendix: Radiocarbon Determinations for the Middle and Late Holocene Sea-Level Position Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8099-X

OCLC:

808806406