Coastal foragers of the Gran Desierto : investigations of prehistoric shell middens along the northern Sonoran coast /
The result of nearly twenty years of interdisciplinary research, this volume contributes to the archaeological and paleoenvironmental knowledge of an important but lightly investigated, hyperarid coastline at the heart of the Sonoran Desert. Focused on the coast near Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Abstract also in Spanish. |
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Tucson :
University of Arizona Press,
[2024].
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| Series: | Anthropological papers of the University of Arizona ;
no. 83. |
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| Summary: | The result of nearly twenty years of interdisciplinary research, this volume contributes to the archaeological and paleoenvironmental knowledge of an important but lightly investigated, hyperarid coastline at the heart of the Sonoran Desert. Focused on the coast near Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico, it examines the diverse groups occupying the coast for salt, abundant food sources and shells for ornament manufacturing. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-264) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816552979 0816552975 |