Holocene hunter-gatherers of the lower Ohio River Valley / Richard W. Jefferies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jefferies, Richard W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleo-Indians--Ohio River Valley.

Paleo-Indians.

Hunting and gathering societies--Ohio River Valley.

Hunting and gathering societies.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Ohio River Valley.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Land settlement--Ohio River Valley--History.

Land settlement.

Landscapes--Social aspects--Ohio River Valley--History.

Landscapes.

Paleo-Indians--Agriculture--Ohio River Valley.

Paleoecology--Ohio River Valley.

Paleoecology.

Human ecology--Ohio River Valley--History.

Human ecology.

Social archaeology--Ohio River Valley.

Social archaeology.

Ohio River Valley--Antiquities.

Ohio River Valley.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By the Early Holocene (10,000 to 8,000 B.P.), small wandering bands of Archaic hunter-gatherers began to annually follow the same hunting trails, basing their temporary camps on seasonal conditions and the presence of food. The Pleistocene glaciers had receded by this time, making food more plentiful in some areas and living conditions less hazardous. Although these Archaic peoples have long been known from their primary activities as hunters and gatherers of wild food resources, recent evidence has been found that indicates they also began rudimentary cultivation sometime during the

Contents:

Physical landscape

Hunter-gatherer archaeological research in the lower Ohio Valley

Peopling the valley : the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene transition

Early Holocene foragers

The Middle Holocene : settling into the valley

The Late Holocene : filling the landscape

Hunter-gatherer landscapes in space and time.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-335) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8241-0

OCLC:

728678524