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Plains Village Archaeology: Bison-Hunting Farmers in the Central and Northern Plains
by Stanley Ahler  Book News Annotation Readers who miss the subtitle's reference to bison might need to be informed that the plains here are those in the middle of North America. Archaeologists from the US discuss origins of the prehistoric plains hunting cultures, their peripheries...
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Water Mysteries of Mesa Verde
by Kenneth R. Wright Publisher Comments When Kenneth Wright went hiking through Mesa Verde National Park with his wife, he didn't expect to be pulled into a research project on ancient waterworks. But he was. It started with a structure called the Morefield Mound. The use of this structure had...
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Survival by Hunting: Prehistoric Human Predators and Animal Prey
by George C Frison Publisher Comments "George Frison is an icon in American archeology. In "Survival by Hunting, "he describes personal experiences leading to the insights and perspectives that set him apart from the majority of his colleagues, who know of large game hunting only secondhand."...
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Measuring Time with Artifacts: A History of Methods in American Archaeology
by R Lee Lyman Publisher Comments Combining historical research with a lucid explication of archaeological methodology and reasoning, Measuring Time with Artifacts examines the origins and changing use of fundamental chronometric techniques and procedures and analyzes the different ways...
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The Mississippian Emergence
by Bruce D. Smith Publisher Comments This collection, addressing a topic of ongoing interest and debate in American archaeology, examines the evolution of ranked chiefdoms in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States during the period A.D. 700–1200. The volume brings together...
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Early Settlement of North America (02 Edition)
by Gary Haynes Publisher Comments This history of the first people to settle in the New World starts with a summary of the archaeology of Clovis-fluted point-makers in North America. Gary Haynes evaluates the wide range of interpretations given to facts about the Clovis. He then presents...
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Frontiers in Colorado Paleoindian Archaeology: From the Dent Site to the Rocky Mountains
by Robert Brunswig Publisher Comments In this new volume, Robert H. Brunswig and Bonnie L. Pitblado assemble experts in archaeology, paleoecology-climatology, and paleofaunal analysis to share new discoveries about the ancient people of Colorado. Colorado has been home to key moments in...
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Peoples of the Northwest Coast: Their Archaeology and Prehistory
by Kenneth M Ames Publisher Comments Extending some 1,400 miles from Alaska to northern California, America's Northwest Coast is one of the richest and most distinct cultural areas on earth. The region is famous for its magnificent art -- masks, totem poles, woven blankets -- produced by...
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Ancient Peoples of the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau
by Steven Simms Publisher Comments Written to appeal to professional archaeologists, students, and the interested public alike, this book is a long overdue introduction to the ancient peoples of the Great Basin and northern Colorado Plateau....
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Zuni Origins: Toward a New Synthesis of Southwestern Archaeology
by David A Gregory Publisher Comments The Zuni are a Southwestern people whose origins have long intrigued anthropologists. This volume presents fresh approaches to that question from both anthropological and traditional perspectives, exploring the origins of the tribe and the influences...
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Field Guide To Rock Art Symbols of the Greater Sout
by Alex Patterson Publisher Comments This is the only specifically designed key to the interpretation of American rock art. The Field Guide brings together 600 commentaries on specific symbols by over 100 archaeologists, researchers, and Native American informants. Covers the northern...
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The Archaeology of Liberty in an American Capital: Excavations in Annapolis
by Mark P Leone Publisher Comments An historical archaeologist examines what nearly 25 years of excavations in Annapolis, Maryland reveal about the methods and means by which this former American capital exerted social control on the powerful and powerless, and with minimal conflict...
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Plaquemine Archaeology
by Mark Rees Book News Annotation Named for the small Louisiana town along the Mississippi River, Plaquemine is the designation for the material remains and sites of pre-Columbian and proto-historic Native American societies extending from the Mississippi delta on the Gulf coast to...
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Finding the People Who Flaked the Stone at English Camp
by Angela E Close Book News Annotation Close (U. of Washington) analyzes flaked-stone artifacts recovered on San Juan Island, Washington during 1990 and 1991. Radiocarbon dates indicate that Operation D of English Camp was used for a rather brief period around AD 600; it is hypothesized...
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In Search of Ancient Alaska: Evidence of Mysteries of the Past
by Ellen Bielawski Publisher Comments Explains what Alaska was like before Europeans first interacted with the Native Americans. Also serves as a guide to view archaeological remains....
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Prehistoric California: Archaeology and the Myth of Paradise (Anthropology of Pacific North America)
by L Mark Raab Publisher Comments IN THIS ANTHOLOGY, Mark Raab and Terry Jones present a series of research articles that dispel lingering mythologies about California's prehistory. They begin with the most enduring notion--that of an essentially stable, benign climate--presenting...
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What This Awl Means: Feminist Archaeology at a Wahpeton Dakota Village
by Janet D Spector Publisher Comments This pioneering work focuses on excavations and discoveries at Little Rapids, a 19th-century Eastern Dakota planting village near present-day Minneapolis....
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Unearthing Gotham
by Anne-marie Cantwell Publisher Comments This prize-winning book looks at New York from a fascinating new perspective, an archaeological one. Describing the exciting discoveries of long lost worlds found beneath the modern metropolis, the authors present an absorbing narrative of the many...
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In Search of Ancient North America: An Archaeological Journey to Forgotten Cultures
by Heather Ann Pringle Publisher Comments Almost unimaginably immense, North America stretches from a few degrees short of the North Pole to a few degrees shy of the equator. Archaeologists are now racing to unravel the mysterious past of the forgotten peoples who once inhabited this sprawling...
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The Archaeology of Collective Action (American Experience in Archaeological Perspective)
by Dean J Saitta Publisher Comments Saitta examines historical archaeology’s success in reconstructing collective social action in the past and considers the implications of these reconstructions for society today. Recognizing that studies of the past can serve different...
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