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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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The Archaeology of Regional Interaction (Proceedings of the Southwest Symposium)
by Michelle Hegmon Publisher Comments This new paperback edition of The Archaeology of Regional Interaction will be an important resource for scholars investigating how and why styles, materials, conflicts, and religious ideas spread across prehistoric landscapes. The Archaeology of Regional...
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The Architecture of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
by Stephen H. (edt) Lekson Book News Annotation Lekson (anthropology, Museum of Natural History, U. of Colorado, Boulder) assembles eight essays on the architecture of the ruins at Chaco Canyon. Most of the essays are based on papers given at a conference held in September and October of 2000 at...
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When the Land Was Young: Reflections on American Archaeology
by Sharman Apt Russell Publisher Comments A clay potsherd, a petroglyph, a flint spear point, a bone: archaeology is a dry business, sifting through dusty time to find the remains of long-gone life. But as immersed as it is in the details of the dead, archaeology belongs to the living. It is a...
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A Field Guide to Stone Artifacts of Texas Indians (Gulf Publishing Field Guides)
by Ellen Sue Turner Publisher Comments This book identifies and describes more than 200 dart and arrow projectile points and stone tools used by prehistoric Native Americans in Texas....
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The Archaeology of Ancient Arizona
by James Jefferso Reid Publisher Comments Carved from cliffs and canyons, buried in desert rock and sand are pieces of the ancient past that beckon thousands of visitors every year to the American Southwest. Whether Montezuma Castle or a chunk of pottery, these traces of prehistory also bring...
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A History of Dogs in the Early Americas
by Marion Schwartz Publisher Comments Drawing on chronicles, ethnographies, archaeological reports, myths, biology, and a rich array of visual materials, Marion Schwartz investigates views about dogs in a wide range of native societies in North and South America. She discusses the early...
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Boomtown Saloons: Archaeology and History in Virginia City (Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in Nevada History)
by Kelly J Dixon Publisher Comments The image of Old West saloons as sites of violence and raucous entertainment has been perpetuated by film and legend, but the true story of such establishments is far more complex. In Boomtown Saloons, archaeologist Kelly J. Dixon recounts the excavation...
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Antiquities Act : Century of American Archaeology, Historic Preservation, and Nature Conservation (06 Edition)
by David Harmon Publisher Comments Enacted in 1906, the Antiquities Act is one of the most important pieces of conservation legislation in American history and has had a far-reaching influence on the preservation of our nations cultural and natural heritage. Thanks to the foresight of...
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Paleoindian or Paleoarchaic?: Great Basin Human Ecology at the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition
by Kelly E. (edt) Graf Book News Annotation It was 11,000 years ago, or maybe 13,000, when people were living in a territory now encompassing most of Nevada and parts of surrounding states in the southwestern US, or were at least leaving spear points there, either natives or recently immigrants...
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Reachable Stars: Patterns in the Ethnoastronomy of Eastern North America
by George Lankford Publisher Comments Modern Westerners say the lights in the sky are stars, but culturally they are whatever we humans say they are. Some say they are Forces that determine human lives, some declare they are burning gaseous masses, and some see them as reminders of a gloried...
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Gordon R. Willey and American Archeology: Contemporary Perspectives
by Jeremy A. Sabloff And William L. Fash Publisher Comments Gauging the impact of one scholar's contributions to modern...
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Skull Wars: Kennewick Man, Archaeology, and the Battle for Native American Identity
by David Thomas Publisher Comments The 1996 discovery, near Kennewick, Washington, of a 9,000-year-old Caucasoid skeleton brought more to the surface than bones. The explosive controversy and resulting lawsuit also raised a far more fundamental question: Who owns history? Many Indians see...
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The Prehistory of Colorado and Adjacent Areas
by Tammy Stone Book News Annotation What we now call Colorado has been peopled for at least 12,000 years. This short, accessible account of the state's human past, based on the archaeological record, reconstructs past lifeways using current theory and explanations. Using a regional...
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The Moundbuilders: Ancient Peoples of Eastern North America (Ancient Peoples and Places)
by George R. Milner Publisher Comments This comprehensive survey of the Pre-Columbian Indian societies of eastern North America covers the entire sweep of Eastern Woodlands prehistory with an emphasis on how societies developed from hunter-gatherers to village farmers and town-dwellers....
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Archaeology of the Iroquois: Selected Readings and Research Sources
by Jordan E Kerber Book News Annotation Kerber (anthropology, Native American studies, and archaeological collections, Colgate U.) compiles 24 recent articles on Iroquoian archaeology, written mostly from the 1990s on and drawn from regional and international journals, edited volumes, and...
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Mound Builders and Cliff Dwellers
by Time Life Publisher Comments Readers assume the role of archaeologists, uncovering secrets of ancient civilizations. Stunning photographs and illustrations, plus detailed cutaways, maps and diagrams....
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The First Americans: In Pursuit of Archaeology's Greatest Mystery
by J M Adovasio Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references ([295]-309) and index....
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Architecture of the Ancient Ones
by A Dudley Gardner Publisher Comments For more than a hundred years, archaeologists have worked in the Southwest attempting to learn more about the Anasazi, now called Ancient Ones, who once lived in the massive stone buildings at such places as Chaco, Canyon de Chelly, and Navajo National...
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European Contact: Disease and Depopulation in Central Gulf Coast Florida (Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen)
by Dale L Hutchinson Publisher Comments This is the first systematic analysis of Tatham Mound, one of the most important archaeological sites in Central Gulf Coast Florida. Because it documents the earliest years of contact between the resident Native Americans of the area and European...
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