Evolving Complexity And Environmental Risk In The Prehistoric Southwest

By Joseph A. Tainter and Bonnie Bagley Tainter

Book Overview

This book explores how and why prehistoric Southwestern societies changed in complexity, and offers important new perspectives on evolution of culture. It discusses the factors that made prehistoric Southwesterners vulnerable to an arid environment, and their strategies to lessen risk and stress.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201870401
• ISBN13: 9780201870404
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.0"