Tradition and Diversity among the Prehistoric Hunters and Gatherers of Southern Texas
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9217331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas R Hester (Center for Archaeological Research University of Texas, San Antonio San Antonio, Texas 78285, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 92 |
| Pages | 119-128 |
| Publication date | 1981-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Plains Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-0447 • E-ISSN: 2052-546X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/2052546.1981.11909033 |
| OpenAlex | W760522525 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 8 |
Archaeological and ethnohistorical research has been greatly accelerated in southern Texas in the past five years. A new body of data obtained through extensive surveys, major excavations and intensified archival studies make possible a more detailed view of the area’s 11 ,000-year record of hunting and gathering lifeways. We can begin to replace the model of a widespread, homogenous prehistoric cultural pattern (and the early historic “Coahuiltecan” stereotype) with’ a more realistic perspective which documents regional and temporal variations. While a hunting and gathering subsistence tradition dominated the development of prehistoric lifeways, there is now substantial evidence of intraregional cultural diversity. Such diversity was the result of both spatially-and temporally-localized resources within the area, arid perhaps of shifting spheres of extra-areal cultural influences. New geomorphological, climatic, and chronometric data also permit us to examine certain aspects of both tradition and diversity within a suitable chronological framework
Archaeological record · Archaeology · Culture of the United States · Diversity (politics · Excavation · Geography · Prehistory · Sociology · Subsistence agriculture · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Natural History · History · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,26 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2025 (43) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |