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245 10 a| On Land and Seah| [electronic resource]:b| Native American Uses of Biological Resources in the West Indies;

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520 8 a| Annotationb| <div>During the vast stretches of early geologic time, the islands of the Caribbean archipelago separated from continental land masses, rose and sank many times, merged with and broke from other land masses, and then by the mid-Cenozoic period settled into the current pattern known today. By the time Native Americans arrived, the islands had developed complex, stable ecosystems. The actions these first colonists took on the landscape—timber clearing, cultivation, animal hunting and domestication, fishing and exploitation of reef species—affected fragile land and sea biotic communities in both beneficial and harmful ways.On Land and Seaexamines the condition of biosystems on Caribbean islands at the time of colonization, human interactions with those systems through time, and the current state of biological resources in the West Indies. Drawing on a massive data set collected from long-term archaeological research, the study reconstructs past lifeways on these small tropical islands. The work presents a wide range of information, including types of fuel and construction timber used by inhabitants, cooking techniques for various shellfish, availability and use of medicinal and ritual plants, the effects on native plants and animals of cultivation and domestication, and diet and nutrition of native populations.The islands of the Caribbean basin continue to be actively excavated and studied in the quest to understand the earliest human inhabitants of the New World. This comprehensive work will ground current and future studies and will be valuable to archaeologists, anthropologists, botanists, ecologists, Caribbeanists, Latin American historians, and anyone studying similar island environments.    </div>;

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650 4 a| Indians of The West Indies;

650 4 a| Indigenous Peoples;

650 4 a| Human-plant Relationships;

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On Land and Sea Native American Uses of Biological Resources in the West Indies

Author/creator	Newsom, Lee A. Author
Other author	Wing, Elizabeth S. Author
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press Chicago : Chicago Distribution Center [Distributor]
Description	272 p. ill 09.250 x 06.130 in.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Indians of The West Indies Indigenous Peoples Human-plant Relationships Human-animal Relationships Plant Remains (Archaeology) Animal Remains (Archaeology) West Indies--Antiquities.

Summary	Annotation <div><p>During the vast stretches of early geologic time, the islands of the Caribbean archipelago separated from continental land masses, rose and sank many times, merged with and broke from other land masses, and then by the mid-Cenozoic period settled into the current pattern known today. By the time Native Americans arrived, the islands had developed complex, stable ecosystems. The actions these first colonists took on the landscape—timber clearing, cultivation, animal hunting and domestication, fishing and exploitation of reef species—affected fragile land and sea biotic communities in both beneficial and harmful ways.</p><p><i>On Land and Sea</i>examines the condition of biosystems on Caribbean islands at the time of colonization, human interactions with those systems through time, and the current state of biological resources in the West Indies. Drawing on a massive data set collected from long-term archaeological research, the study reconstructs past lifeways on these small tropical islands. The work presents a wide range of information, including types of fuel and construction timber used by inhabitants, cooking techniques for various shellfish, availability and use of medicinal and ritual plants, the effects on native plants and animals of cultivation and domestication, and diet and nutrition of native populations.</p><p>The islands of the Caribbean basin continue to be actively excavated and studied in the quest to understand the earliest human inhabitants of the New World. This comprehensive work will ground current and future studies and will be valuable to archaeologists, anthropologists, botanists, ecologists, Caribbeanists, Latin American historians, and anyone studying similar island environments.<br /><br /> </p><p><br /><br /> </p></div>
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2003016298
ISBN	9780817313142
ISBN	0817313141 (Trade Cloth) Active Record
Standard identifier#	9780817313142
Stock number	00027072

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