Social Adaptation to Food Stress: A Prehistoric Southwestern Example (Prehistoric Archeology and Ecology series) [Paperback] Minnis, Paul E de Minnis, Paul E - 1985-04-01

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University of Chicago Press, 1985-04-01. Paperback. Very Good-. 9x6x0. Very good- paperback copy. From a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; text also very good. Age-toning and wear to exterior. Font looks like a typewriter but is of standard size. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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University of Chicago Press, 1985-03-31. paperback. Very Good++. 6x0x9. Univ of Chicago Press. 1985. VG++/Fine condition clean tight and bright appears unread. Cover is clean and strong spine is smooth and not creased.

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Paperback / softback. New. Combining anthropology, archeology, and evolutionary theory, Paul E. Minnis develops a model of how tribal societies deal with severe food shortages. While focusing on the prehistory of the Rio Mimbres region of New Mexico, he provides comparative data from the Fringe Enga of New Guinea, the Tikopia of Tikopia Island, and the Gwembe Tonga of South Africa. Minnis proposes that, faced with the threat of food shortages, nonstratified societies survive by employing a series of responses that are increasingly effective but also are increasingly costly and demand increasingly larger cooperative efforts. The model Minnis develops allows him to infer, from evidence of such factors as population size, resource productivity, and climate change, the occurrence of food crises in the past. Using the Classic Mimbres society as a test case, he summarizes the regional archeological sequence and analyzes the effects of environmental fluctuations on economic and social organization. He… Leer más

Univ of Chicago Pr, 1985. Paperback. New. paper edition edition. 250 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches.

University of Chicago Press, 1985-04-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!