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Ecological Interpretation in Archaeology: Part II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

C. W. Meighan ,
D. M. Pendergast ,
B. K. Swartz Jr.  and
M. D. Wissler
C. W. Meighan
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles, Calif.
D. M. Pendergast
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles, Calif.
B. K. Swartz Jr.
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles, Calif.
M. D. Wissler
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles, Calif.
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In a previous paper (Meighan and others 1958), we considered techniques whereby the archaeologist can derive conclusions concerning prehistoric man's relationship to his environment. We limited our study to hunting and gathering societies since we felt that these were most directly and intimately affected by environment. In the present discussion, we have attempted to expand our study to include archaeological communities marked by the presence of agriculture, domestic animals, or both. Our inquiry can be phrased thus: what physical remains associated with agricultural communities can be used as evidence for ecological inferences? The answers to this question are neither as numerous nor as obvious as we first supposed, yet such answers are basic to an understanding of culture history.

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American Antiquity , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , October 1958 , pp. 131 - 150
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1958

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