Synopses & Reviews
This volume reports on a series of multidisciplinary projects involving the Archaic period of the American Midwest. A period of innovation and technical achievement, the articles focus on changes in environmental, social, and economic factors operating in this period, and the adaptation of the hunter gatherer peoples living at this time.
Review
"This is a collection of 15 well written articles on the Archaic Indians of the Midwest. The text is easy to read and covers the classic sites, population, environment-ecology and artifacts of this interesting age." Dental Anthropology Newsletter, 1987
Synopsis
This volume brings together articles that reveal the Archaic period of the American Midwest to be one of innovation and technological achievement.
About the Author
James L. Phillips is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, Chicago. James A. Brown is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Northwestern University.