Agricultural Beginnings in the American Southwest - Paperback

by Barbara J. Roth (Author)

Roth synthesizes wide-ranging CRM and academic data to explore the factors that led to plant cultivation in the American Southwest and how the adoption of agriculture in turn affected the ancient peoples of the region.

Author Biography

Barbara J. Roth is professor of anthropology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her numerous publications include Late Holocene Research on Foragers and Farmers in the Desert West (co-editor), Engendering Households in the Prehistoric Southwest (editor), and Early Formative Adaptations in the Southern Southwest (editor). Her research has long focused on hunter-gatherer adaptations to arid environments and the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture.