Abstract
A greater understanding of the problems of adaptation to semi-arid grassland environments by people accustomed to living in woodlands may be achieved by focussing more closely on the origins of these migrants. The 3 hearth areas of colonial American setlement produced 5 regional migration patterns that guided forest man to the Plains. The major direction of population expansion followed a remarkably straight, east-west axis, nearly everywhere perpendicular to the precipitation gradient. -J.Sheail
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 69-83 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Great Plains Quarterly |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 2 |
State | Published - Jan 1 1986 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Arts and Humanities