Drivers of technological richness in prehistoric Texas: an archaeological test of the population size and environmental risk hypotheses

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 625-634

  Buchanan, Briggs ^a   O’Brien, Michael J ^b   Collard, Mark ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental risk hypothesis; Point types; Population size hypothesis; Technological richness; Texas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984652765     PISSN: 18669557     EISSN: 18669565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-015-0245-4     Document Type: Article

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