The American Frontier : An Archaeological Study of Settlement Pattern and Process
Kenneth E. Lewis
Bok Engelsk 2014 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Burlington : : Elsevier Science, , 2014.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (362 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Front Cover; The American Frontier: An Archaeological Study of Settlement Pattern and Process; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; Colonization as a Process of Change; Modeling Processes of Colonization; Colonization and the Archaeological Record; The Frontier as a Regional Process; Relevance of Frontier Studies; Agricultural Colonization in British North America; The South Carolin a Frontier; Beyond Agricultural Frontiers. - Chapter 2. The Development of a Frontier ModelIntroduction; The Frontier: Development of the Concept; The Frontier and European Expansion; The Development of a Model of Insular Frontier Settlement; The South Carolina Frontier: Sources of Evidence; Chapter 3. The Development of South Carolin a as an Insular Frontier; Introduction; South Carolina as a Region; South Carolina's Establishment as a Colony; Transport and Spatial Patterning on the South Carolina Frontier; The Expansion of the South Carolina Frontier; Patterns of Settlement on the South Carolina Frontier. - Chapter 8. Examining Hypotheses for Settlement Pattern and the Distribution of ActivitiesIntroduction; Hypothesis 8: Frontier Towns, Secondary Centers of Activity; Hypothesis 9: Nucleated Settlements on the Frontier; Hypothesis 10: Dispersed Frontier Settlements; Settlement Function and Distribution : A Summary; Chapter 9. The Colonization Gradient and a Summary of the Archaeological Analysis; Hypothesis 11: The Colonization Gradient; Summary of the Archaeological Analysis; Chapter 10. Beyond the Insular Frontier; Introduction; Expanding the Frontier Concept: Cosmopolitan Frontier Change. - Hypothesis 1: Creation and Maintenance of Cultural Ties with the HomelandHypothesis 2: Innovation and the Frontier Environment; Hypothesis 3: Long-Term Settlement in the Area of Colonization; Chapter 6. Examining Hypotheses for Spatial Patterning; Introduction; Hypothesis 4: Definition of the Entrepôt; Hypothesis 5: The Dendritic Form of Settlement; Chapter 7. Examining Hypotheses for Expansion; Introduction; Hypothesis 6: Expansion as a Continuous Process; Hypothesis 7: Patterns of Settlement Distribution. - Processes of Cosmopolitan Frontier Change. - Settlement Pattern and Function: The Organization of Activities on the South Carolina FrontierSettlement Hierarchy: The Colonization Gradient in South Carolina; Summary; Chapter 4. Examining the Insular Frontier in South Carolina: Research Directions and Archaeological Hypotheses; Introduction; Basic Assumptions; Processes and Patterns; Historical Analogy and Archaeological Investigation; Examining the Archaeological Record; The Development of Archaeological Hypotheses; Summary; Chapter 5. Examining Hypotheses for the Colony's Establishment; Introduction. - The American Frontier: An Archaeological Study of Settlement Pattern and Process focuses on general rules or laws for the evolution of all agrarian frontiers, emphasizing those that are expanding. A variety of frontiers is also discussed in addition to the agrarian type to pinpoint similarities and differences. Organized into 11 chapters, this book first elucidates the processes of frontier colonization, and then describes the frontier model employed for the interpretation of documentary and material evidence for the examination of the development of South Carolina frontier. Some chapters then
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| ISBN | 0124465609
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