TY - JOUR
T1 - The consequences of social processes
T2 - Aggregate populations, projectile point accumulation, and subsistence patterns in the American southwest
AU - Arakawa, Fumiyasu
AU - Nicholson, Christopher
AU - Rasic, Jeff
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - Tracking broad-scale behavioral patterns using both lithics and fauna! remains offers one tine of evidence for investigating both prehistoric subsistence activities and the consequences of aggregation and increases in population size. Accumulation research, which examines the ratio of projectile points to cooking pottery sherds from the same context, shows a higher ratio of projectile points in areas with lower population densities. This pattern holds true when examining faunaI assemblages and large-game procurement practices from A.D. 900 to 1300 in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah. This research demonstrates that social processes such as aggregation and increases in population density influence human hunting strategies as much as changes in natural environment, which lead to changes in a group's dietary regime.
AB - Tracking broad-scale behavioral patterns using both lithics and fauna! remains offers one tine of evidence for investigating both prehistoric subsistence activities and the consequences of aggregation and increases in population size. Accumulation research, which examines the ratio of projectile points to cooking pottery sherds from the same context, shows a higher ratio of projectile points in areas with lower population densities. This pattern holds true when examining faunaI assemblages and large-game procurement practices from A.D. 900 to 1300 in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah. This research demonstrates that social processes such as aggregation and increases in population density influence human hunting strategies as much as changes in natural environment, which lead to changes in a group's dietary regime.
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U2 - 10.7183/0002-7316.78.1.147
DO - 10.7183/0002-7316.78.1.147
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84898734882
SN - 0002-7316
VL - 78
SP - 147
EP - 165
JO - American Antiquity
JF - American Antiquity
IS - 1
ER -