Paleoindian Societies of the Coastal Southeast

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-8130-6268-6
Verlag: University Press of Florida

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 708 g

Reihe: Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

For more than 130 years, research aimed at understanding Paleoindian occupation of the coastal Southeast has progressed at a glacial pace. In this volume, James Dunbar suggests that the most important archaeological and paleontological resources in the Americas still remain undiscovered in Florida’s karst river basins.

The late Pleistocene–early Holocene landscape hosted more species and greater numbers of them in the Southeast compared to any other region in North America at that time. Through extensive research, Dunbar demonstrates a masterful understanding of the lifeways of these people and the animals they hunted, showing that the geography and diversity of food sources was unique to that period. Building a case for the wealth of information yet to be unearthed, he provides a fresh perspective on the distant past and an original way of thinking about early life on the land mass we call Florida.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dunbar, James S

Über Autor(innen)

James S. Dunbar retired after more than 35 years of service with the Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research. He currently serves as an archaeological consultant and is a founding member and the board chairman of the Aucilla Research Institute, Inc.