Human Adaptation at Grasshopper Pueblo, Arizona: Social and Ecological Perspectives: 4 (Archaeological Series)

Ezzo, Joseph A.

ISBN 10: 1879621096 ISBN 13: 9781879621091

Publisher: International Monographs in Prehistory, 1992

Synopsis

Ezzo presents a detailed study of the bone chemistry of individuals buried at the 14th century Grasshopper Pueblo site. A wide range of elements were measured from these skeletons as indicators of diet, stress, and nutrition. The different concentrations of these elements were then related to parameters of age, sex, social differences, space, time, environmental change, and possible resource depletion. The major relationships were found to be with sex, space, and time, with significant changes in male and female diets over time, but also with patterned spatial differences in burials suggesting household differences in access to food. This is a data-rich study which provides much information for social and economic reconstructions of prehistoric Pueblo adaptation to their environment.

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About the Author

Joseph A. Ezzo worked for two decades in the environmental consulting industry, primarily in southern Arizona. He is now an attorney.

Edition details

• Publisher: International Monographs in Prehistory
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1879621096
• ISBN 13: 9781879621091
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 103