Explaining Changes in Subsistence Strategies and Settlement Patterns among the Virgin Branch Anasazi Through a Ceramic Provenance Study Using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry
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Author: Sakai, Sachiko
Publisher: Department of Anthropology, California State University, Long Beach
Pub Date: 2001
Binding: Paperback (wire-o binding, clear plastic front cover)
Condition: Good. No cover to speak of, other than the clear plastic cover. Abstract appears as the first page. No marks, tears, bends or folds. Very light edge and corner wear. Appears unused.
Notes: Sakai’s Master’s Degree thesis. If there are a dozen copies of this in the world I’d be surprised. Archaeology along the north rim of the Grand Canyon, the Arizona Strip, southwestern Utah, and southern Nevada. “…a better understanding of the causes and consequences of behavioral change among the Virgin Branch Anasazi during the prehistory of the American Southwest between A.D. 100 and 1300. The specific purposes of this study are to (1) explain changes in subsistence strategies and settlement patterns in the marginal agricultural environments of Tuweep, the northwestern part of the Grand Canyon and in the Virgin River area of Southern Nevada using evolutionary theory; (2) produce a relative estimation of population level and; (3) measure the effects of climatic fluctuations on their adaptive strategies. To examine ceramic production and distribution, I completed in-depth chemical analyses of Virgin Branch Anasazi ceramics using inductively Couple Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). I also used settlement data to reconstruct population movement over different micro-environmental settings.” (From the Abstract) VERY RARE. No other copies available for sale, and held in only 3 libraries.
