Evolving Complexity And Environmental Risk In The Prehistoric Southwest: Proceedings of the Workshop "Resource Stress, Economic Uncertainty, and Human Response in the Prehistoric Southwest," Held February 25-29, 1992 in S(Proceedings Volume, Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Scienc)

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This book explores how and why prehistoric Southwestern societies changed in complexity, and offers important new perspectives on evolution of culture. It discusses the factors that made prehistoric Southwesterners vulnerable to an arid environment, and their strategies to lessen risk and stress.