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Author : Amy J. Gilreath
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Prehistoric Use of the Coso Volcanic Field written by Amy J. Gilreath and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Amy J. Gilreath
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781882744091
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Prehistoric Use of the Coso Volcanic Field written by Amy J. Gilreath and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Alan Giambastiani
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1608 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (68 download)
Download or read book Prehistoric Obsidian Use on the Volcanic Tableland and Its Implications for Settlement Patterns and Technological Change in the Western Great Basin written by Mark Alan Giambastiani and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard E. Hughes
Publisher : University of Utah Press
ISBN 13 : 1607812002
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Perspectives on Prehistoric Trade and Exchange in California and the Great Basin written by Richard E. Hughes and published by University of Utah Press. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume investigates the circumstances and conditions under which trade/exchange, direct access, and/or mobility best account for material conveyance across varying distances at different times in the past.
Author : Terry L. Jones
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 9780759108721
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (87 download)
Download or read book California Prehistory written by Terry L. Jones and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2007 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reader of original synthesizing articles for introductory courses on archaeology and native peoples of California.
Author : Brian F. Byrd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Multi-component Archaic and Late Prehistoric Residential Camps Along the Sweetwater River, Rancho San Diego, California written by Brian F. Byrd and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elizabeth Anne Bollwerk
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319235524
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)
Download or read book Perspectives on the Archaeology of Pipes, Tobacco and other Smoke Plants in the Ancient Americas written by Elizabeth Anne Bollwerk and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-20 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the most recent archaeological, historical, and ethnographic research that challenges simplistic perceptions of Native smoking and explores a wide variety of questions regarding smoking plants and pipe forms from throughout North America and parts of South America. By broadening research questions, utilizing new analytical methods, and applying interdisciplinary interpretative frameworks, this volume offers new insights into a diverse array of perspectives on smoke plants and pipes.
Author : Robert M. Yohe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Archaeology of Las Montanas (CA-SDI-10246) written by Robert M. Yohe and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the official report of the Las Montanas archaeological investigation that occurred in the late 1980s. The Las Montanas site is located near Jamul, California, and represents a small, Native American seasonal camp occupied approximately 2,500 years ago. Extensive backhoe trench excavation and soil chemical analyses were used to identify the subsurface deposit at the site. The research conducted at the site focused on examining Milling Stone Horizon activities, and studying the function of the ?scraper plane.? Pollen and floral remains analysis was conducted, with inconclusive results, although the deposits were relatively undisturbed. Two surface and eleven subsurface features were investigated. The two surface features were ?milling platforms?, identified as bedrock outcrops with milling slicks. The subsurface features consisted on piles of rocks, mano clusters (3), and mixed artifact clusters. Artifact analysis included a consideration of stone tool reuse. Cobbles were found that had been used as manos, hammers, or cooking stones, then were flaked or re-used. The analysis of ?scraper planes? did not support their use for plant processing; evidence of use wear assumed to be related to processing yucca was absent. Blood residue analysis was done on selected ground stone artifacts. Both protein residue and plant residue were found on the ground stone artifacts, suggesting multifunctional use of these artifacts. No specialized activity areas were identified at the site, although one of the mano clusters was a stockpile, buried in a pit and marked by a rock cairn. These tools may have been cached by users pending their return during the next seasonal cycle. Elizabeth Lawlor and Robert Gutzler conducted analyses of plant phytoliths and pollen, respectively. Although their results were inconclusive, these studies are of interest as local archaeologists build a body of evidence for paleoclimate and site environment.
Author : Gary M. Feinman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 038772611X
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (877 download)
Download or read book Archaeology at the Millennium written by Gary M. Feinman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-10-17 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book an internationally distinguished roster of contributors considers the state of the art of the discipline of archaeology at the turn of the 21st century and charts an ambitious agenda for the future. The chapters address a wide range of topics including, paradigms, practice, and relevance of the discipline; paleoanthropology; fully modern humans; holocene hunter-gatherers; the transition to food and craft production; social inequality; warfare; state and empire formation; and the uneasy relationship between classical and anthropological archaeology.
Author : Mark Basgall
Publisher :
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Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book The Archaeology of CA-INY-30 written by Mark Basgall and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : C. Britt Bousman
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1603447784
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)
Download or read book From the Pleistocene to the Holocene written by C. Britt Bousman and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-22 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The end of the Pleistocene era brought dramatic environmental changes to small bands of humans living in North America: changes that affected subsistence, mobility, demography, technology, and social relations. The transition they made from Paleoindian (Pleistocene) to Archaic (Early Holocene) societies represents the first major cultural shift that took place solely in the Americas. This event—which manifested in ways and at times much more varied than often supposed—set the stage for the unique developments of behavioral complexity that distinguish later Native American prehistoric societies. Using localized studies and broad regional syntheses, the contributors to this volume demonstrate the diversity of adaptations to the dynamic and changing environmental and cultural landscapes that occurred between the Pleistocene and early portion of the Holocene. The authors' research areas range from Northern Mexico to Alaska and across the continent to the American Northeast, synthesizing the copious available evidence from well-known and recent excavations.With its methodologically and geographically diverse approach, From the Pleistocene to the Holocene: Human Organization and Cultural Transformations in Prehistoric North America provides an overview of the present state of knowledge regarding this crucial transformative period in Native North America. It offers a large-scale synthesis of human adaptation, reflects the range of ideas and concepts in current archaeological theoretical approaches, and acts as a springboard for future explanations and models of prehistoric change.
Author : Timothy R. Pauketat
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195380118
Total Pages : 694 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of North American Archaeology written by Timothy R. Pauketat and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2012-02-23 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of North American Archaeology reviews the continent's first and last foragers, farmers, and great pre-Columbian civic and ceremonial centers, from Chaco Canyon to Moundville and beyond.
Author : Jeanne E. Arnold
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 164642512X
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (464 download)
Download or read book California’s Ancient Past written by Jeanne E. Arnold and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “California’s Ancient Past is an excellent introduction and overview of the archaeology and ancient peoples of this diverse and dynamic part of North America. Written in a concise and approachable format, the book provides an excellent foundation for students, the general public, and scholars working in other regions around the world. This book will be an important source of information on California’s ancient past for years to come.” —Torben C. Rick, Smithsonian Institution "California's Ancient Past is a well written, highly informative, and thought-provoking book; it will make a significant contribution to California archaeology. It is highly readable—the text and materials covered are suitable for both scholars and interested lay people. The book is well organized...with discussions about the culture history and theoretical perspectives of California archaeology and . . . the latest and most relevant references." —Kent Lightfoot, University of California, Berkeley “With California’s Ancient Past, Arnold and Walsh [offer] a well-written, interesting, and succinct archaeological summary of California from the terminal Pleistocene to historic contact.” —David S. Whitley, Journal of Anthropological Research
Author : Brian Anthony Ramos
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Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Prehistoric Obsidian Quarry Use and Technological Change in the Western Great Basin written by Brian Anthony Ramos and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prehistoric obsidian quarries in the western Great Basin show peak levels of use ca. 3150-1350 B.P. immediately followed by sharp declines in overall volume and a shift away from biface production. The models developed to explain this pattern either view quarry use as part of a trans-Sierra Nevada luxury exchange network with central and southern California populations as primary consumers, or as utilitarian toolstone procurement responding to western Great Basin settlement patterns and mobility. Obsidian hydration dates obtained on artifacts systematically collected from the Truman/Queen source demonstrates a history of use similar to other sources, suggesting that regional changes in western Great Basin obsidian quarry use was not the result of trans-Sierra Nevada exchange because Truman/Queen obsidian is virtually absent west of the Sierra Nevada. The results of this study also indicate that models that emphasize mobility as the primary conditioner of lithic technology are also inadequate. First order determinants of technology are most likely subsistence related and based on the ability of a specific tool form to contribute to subsistence return rates by reducing resource handling time. Differential mobility likely contributes to technology in a lesser way, affecting decisions regarding degrees of processing, such as biface stage, primary and secondary reduction loci, but not ultimately tool form.
Author : Terry L Jones
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315431645
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)
Download or read book Contemporary Issues in California Archaeology written by Terry L Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent archaeological research on California includes a greater diversity of models and approaches to the region’s past, as older literature on the subject struggles to stay relevant. This comprehensive volume offers an in-depth look at the most recent theoretical and empirical developments in the field including key controversies relevant to the Golden State: coastal colonization, impacts of comets and drought cycles, systems of power, Polynesian contacts, and the role of indigenous peoples in the research process, among others. With a specific emphasis on those aspects of California’s past that resonate with the state’s modern cultural identity, the editors and contributors—all leading figures in California archaeology—seek a new understanding of the myth and mystique of the Golden State.
Author : Hans Barnard
Publisher : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
ISBN 13 : 1938770382
Total Pages : 617 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (387 download)
Download or read book The Archaeology of Mobility written by Hans Barnard and published by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press. This book was released on 2008-12-31 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There have been edited books on the archaeology of nomadism in various regions, and there have been individual archaeological and anthropological monographs, but nothing with the kind of coverage provided in this volume. Its strength and importance lies in the fact that it brings together a worldwide collection of studies of the archaeology of mobility. This book provides a ready-made reference to this worldwide phenomenon and is unique in that it tries to redefine pastoralism within a larger context by the term mobility. It presents many new ideas and thoughtful approaches, especially in the Central Asian region.
Author : Mark Q. Sutton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000351130
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Archaeology written by Mark Q. Sutton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeology: The Science of the Human Past provides students with a thorough understanding of what archaeology is and how it operates and familiarizes them with fundamental archaeological concepts and methods. This volume introduces the basic components of archaeology, including sites, artifacts, ecofacts, remote sensing, and excavation. It discusses how archaeologists obtain and classify information and how they analyze this information to formulate and test models of what happened in the past. Cultural resource management and the laws and regulations that deal with archaeology around the world are described. Archaeology is placed in the context of contemporary issues, from environmental problems to issues affecting Indigenous populations. The sixth edition has been updated and simplified to create a more streamlined volume to meet the needs of the students and teachers for whom it is designed, reflecting the latest developments in archaeological techniques and approaches. Allowing students to understand the theoretical and scientific aspects of archaeology and how various archaeological perspectives and techniques help us understand how and what we know about the past, Archaeology: The Science of the Human Past is an ideal introduction to archaeology.
