From Mountain Top to Valley Bottom : Understanding Past Land Use in the Northern Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico / edited by Bradley J. Vierra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vierra, Bradley J., author, editor of compilation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.).

Excavations (Archaeology).

Indians of North America--Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)--Antiquities.

Indians of North America.

Human ecology--Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)--History.

Human ecology.

Land use--Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)--History.

Land use.

Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)--Antiquities.

Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The American Southwest is characterized by environmentally and culturally diverse landscapes, which include the northern Rio Grande valley as it cuts through north-central New Mexico from Taos to Albuquerque.

Contents:

Foreword / Severin M. Fowles

Introduction / Bradley J. Vierra

The geochemistry and archaeological petrology of volcanic raw materials in northern New Mexico : obsidian and dacite sources in upland and lowland contexts / M. Steven Shackley

Surficial processes and preservation of ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites on the Pajarito Plateau, New Mexico / Paul G. Drakos and Steven L. Reneau

Dendroclimatic reconstructions of precipitation for the northern Rio Grande / Ronald H. Towner and Mathew W. Salzer

The cultural ecology of Jemez Cave / Richard I. Ford

Transitional archaic and emergent agricultural settlement in the lowland/upland settings of the northern Rio Grande, New Mexico / Stephen S. Post

Ecological uncertainly and organizational flexibility on the prehistoric Tewa landscape : notes from the northern frontier / Samuel Duwe and Kurt F. Anschuetz

Living it up : upland adaptation and high-altitude occupation by ancestral Pueblo people during the gallina phase along the Continental Divide / J. Michael Bremer and Denver Burns

Upland/lowland corridors and historic Jicarilla Apache settlement in the northern Rio Grande / B. Sunday Eiselt

Archaic foraging technology and land use in the northern Rio Grande, New Mexico / Bradley J. Vierra

The gradual development of systems of pottery production and distribution across northern Rio Grande landscapes / C. Dean Wilson

From the land of the little birds to the valleys of the white rock, Tewa, Galisteo, Rio Grande, and Santa Fe rivers : diet and subsistence meet the challenges of a changing environment / Pamela J. McBride and Mollie S. Toll

Northern Rio Grande faunal exploitation : a view from the Pajarito Plateau, the tewa Basin, and beyond / Nancy J. Akins

Discussion : landscape, movement, and technology in the northern Rio Grande / Timothy A. Kohler.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-60781-267-3

OCLC:

863158328