The Archaeology of frontiers and boundaries

著者

• Green, Stanton W.
• Perlman, Stephen M.

書誌事項

The Archaeology of frontiers and boundaries

edited by Stanton W. Green, Stephen M. Perlman

（Studies in archaeology）

Academic Press, 1985

注記

Includes bibliographies and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Archaeology of Frontiers and Boundaries presents a diverse set of case studies that addresses the basic questions concerning social change through the study of anthropological archaeology. This book discusses the methodological difficulties of modeling open systems. Organized into three parts encompassing 13 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the partial solution to assess the openness of human systems through the study of frontiers and boundaries. This text then presents a theoretical treatise on forager-farmer interaction using simulation experiments. Other chapters consider the hunter-gatherer settlement patterns as a response to local resource conditions. This book discusses as well the systemic views of cultural change adopted by archaeologists, which emphasize the processes underlying cultural change rather than the structure of the social units undergoing transformations. The final chapter deals with the relationship between behavior and modern material culture on the one hand, and variables of socioeconomic class and ethnicity on the other. This book is a valuable resource for archaeologists and anthropologists.

目次

?Contributors Preface Acknowledgments Part I. An Approach to the Archaeological Study of Frontiers and Boundaries 1. Frontiers, Boundaries, and Open Social Systems Introduction Pattern and Process in Archaeology Open Social Systems Frontiers and Boundaries as Foci for Open System Research Concluding Remarks References 2. Closed Models of Open Systems: Boundary Considerations Social Systems and Their Models Boundary Models and System Change Model Boundaries of Stable Systems Testing Notes References Part II. Foragers, Pastoralists, and Subsistence Farmers 3. Group Size and Mobility Costs Introduction Mobility Costs The Hunter-Gatherer Group Size Curves and Open Systems Mobility Costs and Hunter-Gatherer Ethnography Group Sizes in Stable and Changing Environments and Their Archaeological Implications Changing Archaic Population Distributions from South Carolina to Massachusetts Summary and Conclusions References 4. Cultural Boundaries and Ecological Frontiers in Coastal Regions: An Example from the Alaska Peninsula Introduction The Aleut/Eskimo Boundary Aleut/Eskimo Origins Later Archaeological Sequences on the Upper Alaska Peninsula Archaeological Materials of the Lower Alaska Peninsula Ethnohistory Modeling the Northern Peninsula Discussion Conclusion Notes References 5. Forager/Farmer Interactions: Information, Social Organization, and the Frontier Introduction Information and the Frontier Simulation Experiments Discussion Conclusion References 6. The Hunter-Gatherer/Agricultural Frontier in Prehistoric Temperate Europe Introduction Early Farmers and Colonization The Hunter-Gatherer Populations Mobile Frontiers Static Frontiers Discussion References 7. Boundaries as Strategies: An Ethnoarchaeological Study Introduction The Baringo District The Functions and Associations of Decorated Calabashes The Significance and Interpretation of Calabash Decoration Boundaries Between Regional Social Units References Part III. Complex Society 8. Surplus Flow Between Frontiers and Homelands Introduction Descriptive Models of Frontier Settlement Behavioral Relations in Frontiers Frontier Change in Historical New England Conclusions References 9. Evolution on the Industrial Frontier Introduction The Development of Ecosystems on the Industrial Frontier Processes of Ecosystem Differentiation on the Industrial Frontier Summary and Conclusions References 10. Urban Hinterlands as Frontiers of Colonization Introduction The Study Area Methods of Analysis Population and Settlement Processes Land-Use Patterns and Forest Clearance Summary and Conclusions References 11. Functional Variation among Settlements on the South Carolina Frontier: An Archaeological Perspective Introduction The Insular Frontier Model South Carolina's Development in Historical Perspective An Archaeological View of Settlement Conclusions Note References 12. The Arctic Frontier of Norse Greenland Introduction Local Greenlandic Settlement and Subsistence Local Greenlandic Political Organization The Importance of Transatlantic Trade Documentary Evidence for the Nordrsetur Locating Nordrsetur Place Names Locating Nordrsetur Resources: Biogeographical Evidence Locational Evidence for the Nordrsetur Hunt Zooarchaeological Evidence Artifactual Evidence An Organizational Model for the Nordrsetur Hunting Techniques Constraints of Cargo Capacity and Demand Constraints of Time and Labor Constraints of Hazard Labor Mobilization Local Elites and the European Core Culture Contact and the Nordrsetur Decline of Transatlantic Trade References 13. Baptists and Boundaries: Lessons from Baptist Material Culture Introduction Congregational Diversity and Autonomy Research Methodology Conclusions References Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA01114177
• ISBN:
  • 0122987802
• LCCN: 84009325
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Orlando
• ページ数/冊数: xviii, 344 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : GF53
  • DC19 : 304.2
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Anthropo-geography -- Addresses, essays, lectures
  • LCSH : Social archaeology -- Addresses, essays, lectures
  • LCSH : Frontier and pioneer life -- Addresses, essays, lectures
  • LCSH : Social structure -- Addresses, essays, lectures
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA00374241