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Publisher
University Press of Florida
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Humans are unique in their ability to inhabit an immense range of physical environments. This capacity partially results from the need to cope with variation in spatial and temporal distributions of critical resources. Yet factors other than the search for food often impact relocation. Information gathering, raw material collection, social networking, trade and searching for mates each presents motivation for mobility. While physical evidence might...
Author
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Kelso takes us literally to the soil where the Jamestown colony began, unearthing footprints of a series of structures, beginning with the James Fort, to reveal evidence of the lives and deaths of the first settlers, of their endeavors and struggles, and new insight into their relationships with the Virginia Indians. He offers up a fact-based account, framed around a narrative of the archaeological team's exciting discoveries. Unpersuaded by the common...
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Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In Patina, anthropologist Shannon Lee Dawdy examines what was lost and found through the destruction of Hurricane Katrina. Tracking the rich history and unique physicality of New Orleans, she explains how it came to adopt the nickname "the antique city." With innovative applications of thing theory, Patina studies the influence of specific items--such as souvenirs, heirlooms, and Hurricane Katrina ruins--to explore how the city's residents use material...
Publisher
The University of Utah Press
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"Almost every artifact in archaeological analysis originates in or on the ground. While there are elaborate methods for extracting and analyzing artifacts, treatment of the matrix within which they are located is often unsophisticated and does not include systematic analysis. Sediments in Archaeological Context concerns the analysis of this matrix and the potential use of sediments to answer archaeological questions. Describing sediments and sampling...
Author
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
From the early colonial period to the close of World War II, life in North America was predominantly agrarian and rural. Archaeological exploration of farmsteads unveils a surprising quantity of data about rural life, consumption patterns, and migrations across the continent. Mark Groover offers both case studies and an overview of current trends in farmstead archaeology in this exciting new work. He also proposes a research design and makes numerous...
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Series
Technical report volume no. 23
Publisher
William and Mary Center for Archaeological Research
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The history of North America, from Christopher Columbus to the present day, is a chaotic struggle for ownership of the land. This text will address questions such as the history of native communities that were displaced or conquered, and even further back to how Native North, Central and South Americans came to these continents in the first place. Historical facts are mainly supported through archaeological findings."--Publisher information.
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