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The Karankawa Indians of Texas : an ecological study of cultural tradition and change / Robert A. Ricklis.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Texas archaeology and ethnohistory seriesPublication details: Austin : University of Texas Press, 1996.Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 222 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0292770774 (pbk : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E99.K26 R53 1996
Contents:
Foreword / Thomas R. Hester -- 1. Who Were the Karankawas? -- 2. The Karankawan Environment -- 3. The Archaeological Exploration of Karankawan Adaptation -- 4. Archaeological Evidence for Prehistoric Occupation of Shoreline Fishing Camps -- 5. Karankawan Occupation of the Coastal Prairie Environment -- 6. Reconstructing Prehistoric Karankawan Adaptive Patterns -- 7. Karankawan Adaptive Patterns during the Colonial Era -- 8. The Impacts of European Colonization: Continuity and Change in Karankawan Lifeways -- 9. The Karankawas on the Spanish Colonial Frontier: Seven Decades of Hostilities and the Resolution of Conflict -- 10. The Mission as an Ecological Resource -- 11. The Long-Term Ecological Roots of Adaptive Change -- Appendix A: Defining the Geographical and Chronological Parameters of the Rockport Phase through Ceramic Analysis -- Appendix B: Methods of Seasonality Analysis.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks E99.K26R53 1996 1 Available 33710000868088

"Most of the research ... was carried out within the framework of my graduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-215) and index.

WAR, NEWBERY,

Foreword / Thomas R. Hester -- 1. Who Were the Karankawas? -- 2. The Karankawan Environment -- 3. The Archaeological Exploration of Karankawan Adaptation -- 4. Archaeological Evidence for Prehistoric Occupation of Shoreline Fishing Camps -- 5. Karankawan Occupation of the Coastal Prairie Environment -- 6. Reconstructing Prehistoric Karankawan Adaptive Patterns -- 7. Karankawan Adaptive Patterns during the Colonial Era -- 8. The Impacts of European Colonization: Continuity and Change in Karankawan Lifeways -- 9. The Karankawas on the Spanish Colonial Frontier: Seven Decades of Hostilities and the Resolution of Conflict -- 10. The Mission as an Ecological Resource -- 11. The Long-Term Ecological Roots of Adaptive Change -- Appendix A: Defining the Geographical and Chronological Parameters of the Rockport Phase through Ceramic Analysis -- Appendix B: Methods of Seasonality Analysis.