Coastal foragers of the Gran Desierto : investigations of prehistoric shell middens along the northern Sonoran coast / edited by Douglas R. Mitchell, Jonathan B. Mabry, Gary Huckleberry, and Natalia Martínez-Tagüeña ; with contributions by Jenny L. Adams [and 12 others] ; foreword by Bill Broyles.

"The result of nearly 20 years of interdisciplinary research, this volume contributes to the archaeological and paleoenvironmental knowledge of an important but lightly investigated, hyperarid coastline at the heart of the Sonoran Desert. Focused on the coast near Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexic...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Mitchell, Douglas R. (Editor), Mabry, Jonathan B., 1961- (Editor), Huckleberry, Gary (Gary A.) (Editor), Martínez-Tagüeña, Natalia, 1980- (Editor), Adams, Jenny L. (Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2024.
Series:Anthropological papers of the University of Arizona ; no. 83.
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Summary:"The result of nearly 20 years of interdisciplinary research, this volume contributes to the archaeological and paleoenvironmental knowledge of an important but lightly investigated, hyperarid coastline at the heart of the Sonoran Desert. Focused on the coast near Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico, it examines the diverse groups occupying the coast for salt, abundant food sources, and shells for ornament manufacturing"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 273 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0816552983
9780816552986
Language:Abstract also in Spanish.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 07, 2024).