Herhahn, Cynthia, editorRamenofsky, Ann F., editorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher2016-05-252016-05-252016http://hdl.handle.net/10217/172928Includes bibliographical references and index.The authors bring together three distinct archaeological themes--historical ecology, demography, and movement--and illustrates how the epistemological issues of cause and explanation link all three major themes into a coherent whole.--Provided by publisher.The challenges of cause and explanation in historical ecology, demography and movement / Ann F. Ramenofsky and Cynthia Herhahn -- Historical ecology in Southwestern archaeology: long-term change and extreme events / Ronald H. Towner -- Terminal Pleistocene Paleoindian ecology and demography: a view from the Southwestern United States / Mary M. Prasciunas, Vance T. Holiday, and Jesse A. M. Ballenger -- Sunset Crater and Little Springs Volcano eruptions: disaster management in the eleventh century AD Southwest / Mark D. Elson, Michael H. Ort, and Kirk C. Anderson -- Changing landscapes of early colonial New Mexico: demography, rebound, and zoarchaeology / Emily Lena Jones -- Cause and explanation: considering (and reconsidering) the role of demography in Southwestern archaeology / Jeremy Kulisheck -- Why all archaeologists should care about and do population estimates / Scott G. Ortman -- Quantifying morbidity in prehispanic Southwestern villages / Ann L. W. Stodder -- Demographic patterns in the pre-Hispanic Puebloan Southwest: the role of childhood / Kathryn A. Kamp -- Ethnogenesis and archaeological demography in Southwest vecino society / B. Sunday Eiselt and J. Andrew Darling -- The stress of history: stories of an unfinished kiva / Severin Fowles -- Tracking movement in the American Southwest / Deborah L. Huntley -- Turquoise trade in the San Juan Basin, AD 900-1280 / Sharon Hull, Frances Joan Mathien, and Mustafa Fayek -- You get it here, I'll get it there: examining the movement of objects, people and ideas throughout the pithouse and Pueblo occupation of the CaƱada Alamosa / Jeffrey R. Ferguson [and 4 others] -- Modeling post-AD 700 population movements and culture in the upper San Juan Region / Erik Simpson -- Movement of people and pots in the upper Gila Region of the American Southwest / Deborah L. Huntley, Jeffery Clark, and Mary Ownby.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Paleo-IndiansHuman ecology -- HistoryIndians of North America -- Southwest, New -- AntiquitiesIndians of North America -- Southwest, New -- PopulationExploring cause and explanation: historical ecology, demography, and movement in the American SouthwestTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.