Non-Boserupian ecology and agricultural risk: Ethnic politics and land control in the arid Southwest

American Anthropologist

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 113-128

  Stone, Glenn Davis ^a   Downum, Christian E ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural change; Political ecology; Prehistoric Southwest; Settlement patterns; West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033450337     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.1999.101.1.113     Document Type: Article

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