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Encyclopedia of Prehistory

Volume 6: North America

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  • © 2001

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Editors:
  1. Peter N. Peregrine

    1. Lawrence University, Appleton, USA

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  2. Melvin Ember

    1. Human Relations Area Files/Yale University, New Haven, USA

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Table of contents (48 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N2-xxix
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  2. Adena

    • Christopher Hays
    Pages 1-13

  3. Archaic Oregon Coast

    • Rick Minor
    Pages 14-20

  4. Basketmaker II

    • Francis E. Smiley
    Pages 21-26

  5. Cascade

    • Loren Davis
    Pages 27-29

  6. Central Plains Village

    • Peter N. Peregrine
    Pages 30-31

  7. Cosumnes

    • Peter N. Peregrine
    Pages 32-33

  8. Early Anasazi

    • Jonathan Haas
    Pages 34-42

  9. Early and Middle High Plains Archaic

    • Peter N. Peregrine
    Pages 43-44

  10. Early Desert Archaic

    • Barbara Roth
    Pages 45-54

  11. Early Eastern Archaic

    • I. Randolph Daniel Jr.
    Pages 55-80

  12. Early Eastern Woodland

    • Andrea A. Hunter
    Pages 81-97

  13. Early Hohokam

    • Devin White, Stephen Lekson
    Pages 98-114

  14. Early Mogollon

    • Stephen Lekson
    Pages 115-129

  15. Early Paleoindian

    • Kenneth B. Tankersley
    Pages 130-141

  16. Early Sierra Nevada

    • Peter N. Peregrine
    Pages 142-143

  17. Early Southern California

    • Chester King
    Pages 144-157

  18. Formative Oregon Coast

    • Rick Minor
    Pages 158-173

  19. Fort Ancient

    • A. Gwynn Henderson, David Pollack
    Pages 174-194

  20. Fremont

    • Partricia Dean
    Pages 195-212
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About this book

The Encyclopedia of Prehistory represents temporal dimension. Major traditions are an attempt to provide basic information also defined by a somewhat different set of on all archaeologically known cultures, sociocultural characteristics than are eth­ covering the entire globe and the entire nological cultures. Major traditions are prehistory of humankind. It is designed as defined based on common subsistence a tool to assist in doing comparative practices, sociopolitical organization, and research on the peoples of the past. Most material industries, but language, ideology, of the entries are written by the world's and kinship ties play little or no part in foremost experts on the particular areas their definition because they are virtually and time periods. unrecoverable from archaeological con­ The Encyclopedia is organized accord­ texts. In contrast, language, ideology, and ing to major traditions. A major tradition kinship ties are central to defining ethno­ is defined as a group of populations sharing logical cultures.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Lawrence University, Appleton, USA

    Peter N. Peregrine

  • Human Relations Area Files/Yale University, New Haven, USA

    Melvin Ember

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Encyclopedia of Prehistory

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 6: North America

  • Editors: Peter N. Peregrine, Melvin Ember

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0523-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46260-3Published: 31 December 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-7133-5Published: 01 March 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-0523-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIX, 509

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Archaeology, Anthropology

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