Biocultural histories in La Florida : a bioarchaeological perspective / Christopher M. Stojanowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stojanowski, Christopher M. (Christopher Michael), 1973-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Missions--Southern States.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Anthropometry--Southern States.

Indians of North America--Southern States--Population.

Missions, Spanish--Southern States--History.

Missions, Spanish.

Ethnoarchaeology--Southern States.

Ethnoarchaeology.

Human remains (Archaeology)--Southern States.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Dental anthropology--Southern States.

Dental anthropology.

Florida--History--Spanish colony, 1565-1763.

Florida.

Southern States--Antiquities.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Indigenous populations respond to colonial expansion. This book examines the effects of the Spanish mission system on population structure and genetic variability in indigenous communities living in northern Florida and southern Georgia during the 16th and 17th centuries. Data on tooth size were collected from 26 archaeological samples representing three time periods: Late Precontact (~1200-1500), Early Mission (~1600-1650), and Late Mission (~1650-1700) and were subjected to a series of statistical tests evaluating genetic variability. Predicted changes in phenotypic populatio

Contents:

Historical bioarchaeology

The setting : the Spanish mission system of La Florida

Bioethnohistory

Evolution and transmission of human tooth size

Conceptual and research methods

Demographic transformations among the Apalachee

Aggregation and collapse on the Georgia coast

Local and global histories.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-184) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8434-0

OCLC:

813224741