Sedentism, social change, warfare, and the bow in the ancient Pueblo Southwest

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 103-110

  Reed, Paul F ^a   Geib, Phil R ^b  

^a Salmon Ruins Museum   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ancestral Pueblo; Basketmakers; Bow; Maize

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ARCHAEOLOGY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; TECHNOLOGY; WAR;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84879284784     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.21356     Document Type: Article

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