Social Adaptation to Food Stress: A Prehistoric Southwestern Example

(Part of the Prehistoric Archeology and Ecology Series)

by Paul E. Minnis

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226530248

ISBN13:9780226530246

Release Date:April 1985

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:250 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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Social Adaptation to Food Stress: A Prehistoric Southwestern Example

(Part of the Prehistoric Archeology and Ecology Series)

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