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Book SynopsisKaranis in Egypt's Fayum region founded around 250BC housed a farming community with a diverse population and a complex material culture. It eventually proved to be an extraordinarily rich archaeological site, yielding tens of thousands of artefacts and papyri that provide a wealth of information about daily life in the Roman-period Egyptian town.Trade Review Table of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition T.G. Wilfong Acknowledgements for the Original Edition Elaine K. Gazda Karanis in Perspective Andrea M. Berlin and Elaine K. Gazda The Rural Economy Andrea M. Berlin Domestic Life Elaine K. Gazda and Jacqueline Royer The Temples and the Gods Elaine K. Gazda Select Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe essays in this volume bring to bear the latest scholarly and technological trends in archaeological research to shed light on the site of Pisidian Antioch in central Turkey. Drawing on 3-D virtual reality technology and archival material from a 1924 expedition, the authors propose new reconstructions of the city's major excavated monuments.Trade Review Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword Unal Demirer Preface and Acknowledgments Elaine K. Gazda 1. Introduction: The Projects and Its Scholarly Context Elaine K. Gazda and Diana Y. Ng 2. Pisidian Antioch: The Urban Infrastructure and Its Development Adrian J. Ossi and J. Matthew Harrington 3. Ruler Cult and Colonial Identity: The Imperial Sanctuary at Pisidian Antioch Benjamin Rubin 4. Architecture, Entertainment, and Civic Life: The Theater at Pisidian Antioch Hima Mallampati and Unal Demirer 5. The Arch of Hadrian and Sabina at Pisidian Antioch: Imperial Associations, Ritual Connections, and Civic Euergetism Adrian J. Ossi 6. The "Church of St. Paul" and Religious Identities in 4th-Century Pisidian Antioch Lydia Herring-Harrington 7. The Architecture of the Sanctuary of Men Askaenos: Exploration, Reconstruction, and Use Katharine A. Raff 8. The Cult of Men at Pisidian Antioch Lori Khatchadourian 9. Rebuilding Pisidian Antioch: A Virtual model and a New Mode of Research and Exhibition J. Matthew Harrington Appendix: Archives Related to University of Michigan Research on Pisidian Antioch Glossary Bibliography Index Virtual Antioch

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Book SynopsisTen seasons of excavation at Tel Anafa (at the foot of the Golan Heights in the Upper Galilee of modern Israel) revealed the remains of a rich and remarkably well-preserved Hellenistic settlement showing great cultural and ethnic diversity.Trade Review Table of ContentsPreface Summary of Occupation Sequence Site Plan with Trenches 1. The Pre-Hellenistic, Hellenistic, Roman, and Islamic Glass Vessels David Frederick Grose, FSA 2. The Lamps John J, Dobbins 3. The Objects of Metal Gloria S. Merker 4. The Chemical Nature and Probable Origin of a Metallurgical Slag from Tel Anafa Andreas H. Vassilou 5. Chemical Analysis of Copper-alloy Metalwork from the Roman Contexts Matthew H, Ponting 6. Groundstone and Other Stone Tools, Vessels, and Miscellaneous Objects Martin Wells, Erin Haapala, Keith Cogshall and Jessie Weaver

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Book SynopsisAn archaeological study of the growth of Manhattan during the colonial period, this book documents the emergence of Manhattan as the center of class-structured capitalist commercialism in the new nation-state.Trade Review 'This is the first major publication to integrate New York City archaeological data into a broader context . . . . [A]t once a long overdue reference for the student of New York City history while at the same time a point of departure for broader studies of urban development.' (Valerie DeCarlo, American Antiquity) 'This work is a building block. It raises important questions and proposes a methodology . . . that make sense for the analysis of archeological data and the creation of historical ethnography.' (Barbara J. Little, Science) '[A]n impressive view of New York’s colonial development oriented toward the interaction between wealth and ethnicity, with insights into urban structure. . . . This book should be of interest to students of cities and urban studies and of New York specifically.' (Stanley South, American Anthropologist) '[A] welcome addition to the impoverished (quantitatively speaking) or deliciously rich (qualitatively speaking) 1980’s monographs written by historical archaeologists. . . . It is an admirable piece of work that builds on 15 years of experience with urban resources.' (Anne Yentsch, Historical Archaeology) Table of ContentsIntroduction to the Percheron Press Edition Chapter 1. Early New York as a City Chapter 2. Mapped Space and Landmarks Chapter 3. The Spatial Distribution of Ethnicity Chapter 4. The Economic Organization of the City Chapter 5. Meat, Fish, and Poultry—Feeding New Yorkers Chapter 6. The Interaction Between Wealth and Ethnicity Appendices Index

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Book SynopsisThe author wrote this book to show his archaeology students how dangerous anthropological analogy is and how variable the actual practices of foragers of the recent past and today are. By considering the actual-not imagined-reasons behind diverse behaviour, this book argues for a revision of many archaeological models of prehistory.Trade Review [A]n excellent overview of key issues in hunter-gatherer studies.' (Alan Barnard, American Ethnologist) 'Not since Man the Hunter has there been such a synthesis and such a mix of stimulating ideas. This will be the authoritative work on hunter/gatherers for a good number of years.' (Brian Hayden, Canadian Journal of Archaeology) '[A]uthoritative, comprehensive, and highly readable. . . . A well-worn and heavily annotated copy should be the companion of anyone claiming an interest or expertise in present or past hunter-gatherers.' (Bruce Winterhalder, American Antiquity) Prepublication praise . . . 'The Foraging Spectrum [is] a well-written, scrupulously researched synthesis of modern approaches to foraging behavior, both past and present.' (David Hurst Thomas, American Museum of Natural History) 'A tour de force of scholarship in behavioral ecology.' (Mathias Guenther, Wilfred Laurier University) Table of ContentsChapter 1. Hunter–Gatherers and Anthropology Chapter 2. Environment, Evolution, and Anthropological Theory Chapter 3. Foraging and Subsistence Chapter 4. Foraging and Mobility Chapter 5. Sharing, Exchange, and Land Tenure Chapter 6. Group Size and Reproduction Chapter 7. Men, Women, and Foraging Chapter 8. Egalitarian and Nonegalitarian Hunter–Gatherers Hunter–Gatherers and Prehistory Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisCovers the 2004 season of clearing and mapping on the 4th Dynasty settlement at the Lost City of the Pyramids (Heit el-Ghurob) on the Giza Plateau. Inc. excavations north of the Wall of the Crow; east of the Galleries; within the Royal Administration Building; and in the Eastern Town, Western Dump, and areas around the Abu Hol Soccer Field.

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Book SynopsisThe volume covers the 2008 season of clearing and mapping at the Khentkawes Town (KKT) on the Giza Plateau, and survey, mapping, and excavation of burials in the area. The work at the KKT site encompasses excavations in both the Khentkawes complex and the Menkaure Valley Temple Ante-town.

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Book SynopsisCollection of papers detailing the results of the excavations and additional work carried out in 2009 at the settlement connected to the Khentkawes Monument on the Giza Plateau and the nearby town, Heit el-Ghurab (aka Lost City of the Pyramids). Well illustrated with maps and photographs, large foldout maps and isometric drawings.

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Book SynopsisThe current volume assembles a series of studies of Middle Kingdom culture gathered around the theme of archaism, change and innovation.Trade Review Table of ContentsIntroduction: Archaism and Innovation: Towards Defining the Cultural Expression of Egypt's Middle Kingdom, David P. Silverman, William Kelly Simpson, Josef Wegner I. Royal Statuary A Middle Kingdom Masterwork in Boston, Rita E. Freed and Jack A. Josephson The Statue Acc. No. 25.6 in The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Two Versions of Throne Decorations, Dorothea Arnold II. Architecture and the Royal Mortuary Tradition Non-Royal Burials in the Teti Pyramid Cemetery and the Early Twelfth Dynasty, David P. Silverman The Tomb of Senwosret III at Abydos: Considerations on the Origins and Development of the Royal Amduat-Tomb, Josef Wegner III. Lahun Studies Temple(s) and Town at el-Lahun: A Study of the Ancient Toponyms in the El-Lahun Papyri, Zoltan Horvath Lots I and II from Lahun, Mark Collier IV. Text and Language Old and New in the Middle Kingdom, James P. Allen The Stela of Sehetepibre (CG 20538): Borrowings and Innovation, Ronald J. Leprohon V. Administration Rulers and Administrators - Dynasty 12: The Rule of the House of Itj-towy with Some Personal Reminiscences, William Kelly Simpson Four Titles: What is the Difference?, Stephen Quirke VI. Funerary Arts Funerary Pottery in the Middle Kingdom: Archaism or Revival?, Susan J. Allen Funerary Equipment from Deir el-Bersha in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Denise Doxey False Doors and History: The First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom, Edward Brovarski VII. Religion and Iconography The Early History of "New Kingdom" Netherworld Iconography: A Late Middle Kingdom Apotropaic Wand Reconsidered, Joshua Roberson A Decorated Birth-Brick from South Abydos: New Evidence on Childbirth and Birth Magic in the Middle Kingdom, Josef Wegner Index

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Book SynopsisThe field of historical archaeology has changed dramatically over the years and archaeologists working in the Chesapeake have often been in the forefront of such changes. This book reflects the variety and complexity in historical archaeology in the Chesapeake, while a new prologue by the editors highlights some of the recent advances.Trade Review 'The case-studies found in [this book] manifest the vigour and maturation of historical archaeology in the region as scholars bring fresh perspectives to museum- and preservation-oriented excavations, using evidence from historical sites to address a broad range of issues of concern to contemporary archaeologists.' (Mary Beaudry, Antiquity) 'This is a significant book worthy of close attention by colonial and federal American researchers. No longer can historians ignore historical archaeology as irrelevant to archival research and scholarship. The earth and its material culture evidence is an archive which is unbiased and invites accurate and exhaustive use.' (John Cotter, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography) '[Brings] historical archaeological research to archaeologists and to a broad audience of historians and material culture scholars. The volume's . . . breadth and representativeness offer readers a solid introduction to the field and its contributions to the study of historical American culture and material culture.' (LuAnn DeCunzo, Winterthur Portfolio) 'Shackel and Little's goal is 'to provide a representative collection of current substantive and theoretical contributions to historical archaeology in the Chesapeake Bay region' . . . and they have succeeded brilliantly. . . . This collection represents the best tradition of today's historical archaeology. . . . [I]t will be years before anyone supersedes their work in this volume.' (Charles E. Orser, Jr., American Antiquity) Table of ContentsIntroduction to the Percheron Press Edition Archaeological Perspectives: An Overview of the Chesapeake Region Paul A. Shackel and Barbara J. Little I. EARLY EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT "Whereby We Shall Enjoy Their Cultivated Places" Stephen R. Potter and Gregory A. Waselkov Decorated Clay Tobacco Pipes from the Chesapeake: An African Connection Matthew C. Emerson Solid Statements: Architecture, Manufacturing, and Social Change in Seventeenth-Century Virginia Ann B. Markell The Country's House Site: An Archaeological Study of a Seventeenth-Century Domestic Landscape Henry M. Miller Town Plans and Everyday Material Culture: An Archaeology of Social Relations in Colonial Maryland's Capital Cities Paul A. Shackel II. PLANTATION AND LANDSCAPE STUDIES Mount Vernon: Transformation of an Eighteenth-Century Plantation System Dennis J. Pogue "As Is the Gardener, So Is the Garden": The Archaeology of Landscape as Myth Elizabeth Kryder-Reid III. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LIFE A Comparative Analysis of the New England and Chesapeake Herding Systems Joanne Bowen "Fashionable Sugar Dishes, Latest Fashion Ware": The Creamer Revolution in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake Ann Smart Martin "She Was . . . an Example of Her Sex": Possibilities for a Feminist Historical Archaeology Barbara J. Little Antietam Furnace: A Frontier Ironworks in the Great Valley of Maryland Susan E. Winter The Archaeology of Ideology: Archaeological Work in Annapolis Since 1981 Mark P. Leone Current Archaeological Perspectives on the Growth and Development of Williamsburg n Marley R. Brown III and Particia Samford IV. NINETEENTH-CENTURY LIFE How Sweet It Was: Alexandria's Sugar Trade and Refining Business Keith L. Barr, Pamela J. Cressey, and Barbara H. Magid Neighborhoods ad Household Types in Nineteenth-Century Washington, D.C.: Fannie Hill and Mary McNamara in Hooker's Division Charles D. Cheek and Donna J. Seifert Rural Landscape in the Mid-Nineteenth Century Chesapeake Julia A. King

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Book SynopsisEssays by Katerina Boli, Angelos Chaniotis, Fritz Graf, Maria Katsakiori, Sophia Kremydi, Richard P. Martin, Dimitrios Pandermalis, and Semeli Pingiatoglou. Located on the eastern slopes of Mount Olympus and atop the bubbling source of the ancient river Baphyras, the city of Dion and its natural environment were interpreted by the ancient Greeks as divine. Dion's proximity to the gods was reflected in the cults and daily existence of local residents but also prompted the area's critical role in establishing the identity of the royal house of Philip and Alexander the Great. With Zeus Olympus as their principal deity, generations of royalty and their followers celebrated their dedication to the god with sanctuaries, festivals, temples, statues, and public buildings, transforming the city into a central sacred site and a monumental urban center. The exhibition presents highlights of the finds of the last fifty years of archaeological excavations and is organized by the Onassis Foundation

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Book SynopsisLike Donald Johanson's Lucy, this first-person narrative about an archaeological discovery is rewriting the story of human evolution. A story of defiance and determination by a controversial scientist, this is Lee Berger's own take on finding Homo naledi, an all-new species on the human family tree.

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Book SynopsisThis title presents an uncommon view of an antebellum town. Positioned along the legendary Southwest Trail, the town of Washington in Hempstead County in southwest Arkansas was a thriving center of commerce, business, and county government in the nineteenth century. Historical figures such as Davy Crockett and Sam Houston passed through, and during the Civil War, when the Federal troops occupied Little Rock, the Hempstead County Courthouse in Washington served as the seat of state government. A prosperous town fully involved in the events and society of the territorial, antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction eras, Washington became in a way frozen in time by a series of events including two fires, a tornado, and being bypassed by the railroad in 1874. Now an Arkansas State Park and National Historic Landmark, Washington has been studied by the Arkansas Archeological Survey over the past twenty-five years. Digging for History at Old Washington joins the historical record with archaeological findings such as uncovered construction details, evidence of lost buildings, and remnants of everyday objects. Of particular interest are the homes of Abraham Block, a Jewish merchant originally from New Orleans, and Simon Sanders from North Carolina, who became the town's county clerk. The public and private lives of the Block and Sanders families provide a fascinating look at an antebellum town at the height of its prosperity.Trade ReviewHistory, mystery almost solved, the separating of fact from fiction, and archeological discoveries are revealed in the lives of Abraham Block and Simon Sanders. Their stories intertwine with the history of Washington, Arkansas, as they all came of age on the Southwest Trail. - Jay S. Miller, From the Foreword

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Book SynopsisPlato''s legendary account of a sunken island civilization called Atlantis has fascinated adventurers for centuries. Recent efforts to find Plato''s lost island have culminated in two exciting underwater surveys in the Eastern Mediterranean that were staged in 2004 and 2006 both of which uncovered tantalizing evidence that strongly merits additional inquiry. In this colour-illustrated book, Commodore Robert S. Bates sifts through the acquired evidence and argues that our search for Atlantis or what some call Eden may now be narrowed to a sunken continent adjacent to Cyprus that geologists located decades ago. The History Channel funded and filmed the second expedition to this site, but you will learn in this book why a third expedition may now be warranted. In recognition of the likely confluence of the two great legends of Atlantis and Eden, Bates calls the ongoing research into this sunken land the Eden-Atlantis Project. This short book offers you a thorough review of the recently obtained archaeological evidence pointing to an Eastern Mediterranean location for Eden-Atlantis. It also links these new scientific facts with the historical evidence that a proto-civilization may have preceded the known civilizations of the ancient Near East.Two deep underwater expeditions, one funded and filmed by the History Channel in 2006, discovered remains of what may be the Garden of Eden, and these humanly created artifacts also point to the legend of Atlantis. The location is one mile down in the Eastern Mediterranean near Cyprus. These two early expeditions yielded startling results that were covered worldwide by major media, including CNN, the BBC, and even in Pravda and Beijing Times. Ten years of data analysis by original expedition leader Captain Robert Bates point to the need for a third expedition, now utilizing far better research technology and better targets. The result may culminate humanity''s long search for its far-distant origins in the mists of pre-Sumerian history.

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Book SynopsisFlourishing from A.D. 1 to 700, the Recuay inhabited lands in northern Peru just below the imposing glaciers of the highest mountain chain in the tropics. Thriving on an economy of high-altitude crops and camelid herding, they left behind finely made artworks and grand palatial buildings with an unprecedented aesthetic and a high degree of technical sophistication. In this first in-depth study of these peoples, George Lau situates the Recuay within the great diversification of cultural styles associated with the Early Intermediate Period, provides new and significant evidence to evaluate models of social complexity, and offers fresh theories about life, settlement, art, and cosmology in the high Andes. Lau crafts a nuanced social and historical model in order to evaluate the record of Recuay developments as part of a wider Andean prehistory. He analyzes the rise and decline of Recuay groups as well as their special interactions with the Andean landscape. Their coherence was expressed as shared culture, community, and corporate identity, but Lau also reveals its diversity through time and space in order to challenge the monolithic characterizations of Recuay society pervasive in the literature today. Many of the innovations in Recuay culture, revealed for the first time in this landmark volume, left a lasting impact on Andean history and continue to have relevance today. The author highlights the ways that material things intervened in ancient social and political life, rather than being merely passive reflections of historical change, to show that Recuay public art, exchange, technological innovations, warfare, and religion offer key insights into the emergence of social hierarchy and chiefly leadership and the formation, interaction, and later dissolution of large discrete polities. By presenting Recuay artifacts as fundamentally social in the sense of creating and negotiating relations among persons, places, and things, he recognizes in the complexities of the past an enduring order and intelligence that shape the contours of history.

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Book SynopsisThe Carnegie Maya IV is the fourth in a series of volumes that make available the primary data and interpretive studies originally produced by archaeologists and anthropologists in the Maya region under the umbrella of the Carnegie Institute of Washington's Division of Historical Research. Collected together here are the Theoretical Approaches to Problems papers, a series that published preliminary conclusions to advance thought processes and stimulate debate. Although two of the three theories published in these reports have since been proven wrong, the theories themselves remain significant because of their impact on the direction of archaeology. Only a few sets of these three contributions to the Theoretical Approaches to Problems series are known to have survived, making The Carnegie Maya IV an essential reference and research resource. The corresponding ebook, for individual download, contains the complete set of The Carnegie Maya, The Carnegie Maya II, The Carnegie Maya III and The Carnegie Maya IV, thus making hundreds of documents from the Carnegie Institution's Maya program available in one source.Table of ContentsLesson 1 - Basic Aerodynamics; Lesson 2 - Aircraft Systems; Lesson 3 - Flight Instruments; Lesson 4 - Regulations; Lesson 5 - Procedures and Airport Operations; Lesson 6 - Weather; Lesson 7 - Weather Services; Lesson 8 - Aircraft Performance; Lesson 9 - En Route Flight; Lesson 10 - Navigation; Lesson 11 - Communication Procedures; Lesson 12 - Pitting It All Together; Index.

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Book SynopsisIndividual agents are frequently evident in early writing and notational systems, yet these systems have rarely been subjected to the concept of agency as it is traceable in archaeology. This book addresses this oversight, allowing archaeologists to identify and discuss real, observable actors and actions in the archaeological record. Embracing myriad ways in which agency can be interpreted, ancient writing systems from Mesoamerica, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Crete, China, and Greece are examined from a textual perspective as both archaeological objects and nascent historical documents. This allows for distinction among intentions, consequences, meanings, and motivations, increasing understanding and aiding interpretation of the subjectivity of social actors. Chapters focusing on acts of writing and public recitation overlap with those addressing the materiality of texts, interweaving archaeology, epigraphy, and the study of visual symbol systems. This book leads to a more thorough and meaningful discussion of agency as an archaeological concept and will be of interest to anyone interested in ancient texts, including archaeologists, historians, linguists, epigraphers, and art historians, as well as scholars studying agency and structuration theory.Trade ReviewThrough the lens of agency, contributors successfully rethink the nature of ancient texts. In so doing they ably demonstrate that when a new theoretical orientation is applied to a taken-for-granted category of data it invigorates both the data and our understanding of the past. Marcia-Anne Dobres, University of Maine

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Book SynopsisPresenting the latest in archaeometallurgical research in a Mesoamerican context, this book brings together up-to-date research from the most notable scholars in the field. These contributors analyse data from a variety of sites, examining current approaches to the study of archaeometallurgy in the region as well as new perspectives on the significance metallurgy and metal objects had in the lives of its ancient peoples. The chapters are organised following the cyclical nature of metals -- beginning with extracting and mining ore, moving to smelting and casting of finished objects, and ending with recycling and deterioration back to the original state once the object is no longer in use. Data obtained from archaeological investigations, ethnohistoric sources, ethnographic studies, along with materials science analyses, are brought to bear on questions related to the integration of metallurgy into local and regional economies, the sacred connotations of copper objects, metallurgy as specialised crafting, and the nature of mining, alloy technology, and metal fabrication.Trade ReviewThis book will be a basic reference on the topic for many years to come, and will remain an essential source even as new field and laboratory studies develop. It is by far the best reference for metallurgy within the ancient Mesoamerican world system, and will be important for comparative studies between Mesoamerican and other early civilizations.Phil Weigand, Colegio de Michoacan

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Book SynopsisFocusing on marriage figurinesdouble human figurines that represent relations formed through social alliancesHendon, Joyce, and Lopiparo examine the material relations created in Honduras between AD 500 and 1000, a period of time when a network of social houses linked settlements of a variety of sizes in the region. The authors analyze these small, seemingly insignificant artifacts using the theory of materiality to understand broader social processes. They examine the production, use, and disposal of marriage figurines from six sitesCampo Dos, Cerro Palenque, Copan, Curruste, Tenampua, and Travesiaand explore their role in rituals and ceremonies, as well as in the forming of social bonds and the celebration of relationships among communities. They find evidence of historical traditions reproduced over generations through material media in social relations among individuals, families, and communities, as well as social differences within this network of connected yet independent settlements. Material Relations provides a new and dynamic understanding of how social houses functioned via networks of production and reciprocal exchange of material objects and will be of interest to Mesoamerican archaeologists, anthropologists, and art historians.

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Book SynopsisIn this book Contributors reject the popularised link between societal collapse and drought in Maya civilisation, arguing that a series of periodic collapses, including the infamous Terminal Classic collapse (AD 750-1050), were not caused solely by climate change -- related droughts but by a combination of other social, political, and environmental factors. New and senior scholars of archaeology and environmental science explore the timing and intensity of droughts and provide a nuanced understanding of socio-ecological dynamics, with specific reference to what makes communities resilient or vulnerable when faced with environmental change. Contributors recognise the existence of four droughts that correlate with periods of demographic and political decline and identify a variety of concurrent political and social issues. They argue that these primary underlying factors were exacerbated by drought conditions and ultimately led to societal transitions that were by no means uniform across various sites and sub-regions. They also deconstruct the concept of collapse itself -- although the line of Maya kings ended with the Terminal Classic collapse, the Maya people and their civilisation survived. This book offers new insights into the complicated series of events that impacted the decline of Maya civilisation. This significant contribution to our increasingly comprehensive understanding of ancient Maya culture will be of interest to students and scholars of archaeology, anthropology, geography, and environmental studies.

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Book SynopsisPaleoindian Lifeways of the Cody Complex represents the first synthesis in the more than fifty year history of one of the most important Paleoindian cultural traditions in North America. Research on the Cody complex (~10,000–8,000 radiocarbon yrs B.P.) began in the 1940s; however, until now publications have focused almost exclusively on specific sites, issues of projectile point technology and typology, and bison hunting. This volume provides fresh perspectives and cutting-edge research that significantly increases our understanding of the Cody complex by focusing more squarely on the human behaviors that created the archaeological record, rather than on more strictly technical aspects of the artifactsand faunal remains. The Cody complex extends from the central Canadian plains to the Gulf of Mexico and from Nevada to the eastern Great Lakes—making it second only to Clovis in geographical expanse. Across this broad geographic distribution, the contributors address hunter-gatherer adaptive strategies from diverse ecosystems at the onset of the Holocene, which will also make it of interest to human ecologists and paleoenvironmental researchers. Paleoindian Lifeways of the Cody Complex provides an innovative synthesis of a well-known but little-studied cultural tradition that opens the door for a new generation of exciting research.Trade Review“Presents new information and a synthesis not available anywhere else. No other compendium of Cody data exists, and the volume presents the most current data available on the subject. It contributes greatly to our knowledge of a time period that has been without much coverage and that has no synthesis available.”—Mary Lou Larson, coeditor of Hell Gap: A Stratified Paleoindian Campsite at the Edge of the Rockies (The University of Utah Press, 2009) “This volume represents the most current and comprehensive compilation of data on a historically well-known, but poorly understood archaeological tradition.... I commend the editors for rounding up this group of researchers and putting this work together. Compiling an edited volume is pretty much the academic equivalent of trying to herd cats. This attempt to focus on the behavioral aspects of the Cody archaeological record is a step in the right direction toward a better understanding of this highly dynamic, flexible, and wide-ranging culture.”—Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology Book Reviews “Readers will find that the volume thus reflects the kinds of questions that are being posed by contemporary Paleoindian researchers and they will see how rich the ever-growing empirical record of the Cody Complex truly is. The volume is carefully edited and integrated, with chapters that are well written and nicely illustrated.”—Journal of Anthropological Research “Fills a much-needed void in the literature, providing a compilation of previous and ongoing research into a unique cultural and paleoenvironmental period of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain region.”—Great Plains Research Table of ContentsList of FiguresList Of TablesI - The Cody Complex1. Introducing The Cody Complex - Edward J. Knell and Mark P. MuÑizII - Cody Complex Environment and Faunal Context2. Paleoenvironmental Change and Cultural Ecology of The Cody Complex on the Great Plains and Adjacent Rocky Mountains - Mark P. MuÑiz3. Evolution of the High Plains Paleoindian Landscape: The Paleoecology of Great Plains Faunal Assemblages - Chris Widga4. Sticking It to the Bison: Exploring Variation in Cody Bison Bonebeds - Matthew E. Hill Jr.III - The Cody Complex In Site And Regional Context5. Cody Complex Land Use in Western North Dakota and Southern Saskatchewan - Matthew J. Root, Edward J. Knell, and Jeb Taylor6. A Review of The Cody Complex in Alberta - Robert J. Dawe7. Cody in the Rockies: The Mountain Expression of a Plains Culture Complex - Matthew E. Hill Jr. and Edward J. Knell8. Way Out West: Cody Complex Occupations from the Northwestern Great Basin - Daniel S. AmickIV - Modeling Cody Complex Lifeways and Reevaluating The Cody Complex as an Archaeological Construct9. Cody Complex Land Use Organization on the Northwestern Great Plains - Edward J. Knell10. Managing Risk on the Western Plains During The Cody Complex - Mark P. MuÑiz11. The Scottsbluff Bison Quarry Site: Its Place in The Cody Complex - Ruthann KnudsonV - Perspectives On The Cody Complex12. A Cody Future: Comments - Douglas B. BamforthAppendix: Cody Site Summary for AlbertaList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisArchaeology in the Great Basin and Southwest is a compilation of papers by friends and colleagues that honour Don D. Fowler. The volume encompasses the breadth and depth of Fowler’s work in archaeology and sister disciplines with original scholarship on the human past of the arid west. Included are theoretical, methodological, and empirical papers that synthesize and present fresh perspectives on Great Basin and Southwest archaeology and cover a sweep of topics from Paleoindian research to collaboration with Native Americans. Fowler has continually reminded scholars that to understand the past we must know how the local and specific is regionally and transculturally contextualized, how what we know came to be recognised, studied, and interpreted—in short, how the past still affects the present—and how regional and topical archaeology is part of a disciplinary endeavour that is as concerned with rigorous and inclusive knowledge production as it is with site description and cultural syntheses.Readers will learn about the nature of archaeological careers, how archaeology has been conceptualized and conducted, the strengths and limitations of past and present approaches, and the institution building and political processes in which archaeologists engage. Contributors posit new thoughts designed to stimulate new lines of research and reflect on the state of our current knowledge about a wealth of topics. Each paper asks four questions about what Great Basin and southwestern archaeologists currently know: Where have we been? Where are we now? What do we still need to learn? Where are we going? This comprehensive volume will be of interest to those practicing or teaching archaeology and to students seeking to understand the intricacies of Great Basin and Southwest archaeology.Trade Review“A significant contribution. This is the only volume that I know of that presents up-to-date analyses, discussion, and syntheses of the archaeology of the Great Basin and the Southwest in one place.”—Barbara J. Mills, University of Arizona “Don Fowler’s career in archaeology spans more than 50 years, but that impressive figure does not express its remarkable breadth: the archaeology of the Great Basin and Southwest, rock art, collections-based and archival research, legislation to protect archaeological resources, the creation of non-profits and endowments to promote research and stewardship, the history of archaeology, the promotion of good relations between archaeologists and Native Americans, and more. The papers in this volume testify to the breadth of Don’s career, and duly honor someone who often worked behind the scenes to help shape western archaeology into the field it is today.”—Robert L. Kelly, University of WyomingTable of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesPart 1/Introducing Don D. Fowler1. Honoring Don D. Fowler: An Introdction Nancy J. Parezo and Joel C. Janetski2. Don D. Fowler, Archaeologist C. Melvin Aikens3. Don Fowler and the Glen Canyon Project: Formative Experiences William D. LipePart 2/Case Studies and Regional Syntheses4. West of the Plains: PaleoIndian in the Southwest Bruce B. Huckell5. The Earliest Stemmed Points of the Intermountain West: Making a Long Story Short Ted Goebel and Joshua L. Keene6. Moving into the Mid-Holocene: The Paleoarchaic/Archaic Transition in the Intermountain West. Appendix. Sites with Cultural Radiocarbon Dates ranging between 10,000 and 6000 rcy BP. George T. Jones and Charlotte Beck7. Points on a Continuum: Three Sites in a Middle Archaic Settlement System in the Western Great Basin D. Craig Young8. Foragers, Farmers, and In Between: Variability in the Late Archaic of Southern Arizona Barbara J. Roth9. The Later Prehistory of the Great Basin and the Southwest: Thinking about Fremont Stephen H. Lekson10. Fremont Social Organization: A Southwestern Perspective Joel C. Janetski and Richard K. Talbot11. Alta Toquima: Why Did People Spend Summers at 11,000 Feet? David Hurst Thomas12. Resolving the Promontory Culture Enigma John W. Ives13. Rock Art’s Half Century and More: Research in the Great Basin and the Northern Southwest. Polly Schaafsma14. Some Thoughts on Evolution, Ecology, and Archaeology in the Great Basin Steven R. Simms, James F. O’Connell, and Kevin T. JonesPart 3/Specialty Studies in Social and Historical Contexts15. Eight Decades Eating Dust: A History of Archaeological Research at Danger Cave David B. Madsen16. Long-Term Continuity and Change in Obsidian Conveyance at Danger Cave, Utah. Appendix. Trace Element Composition, Stratigraphic Occurrence, and Obsidian Source Attributions. Richard Hughes17. Naming the Desert Bighorn David Rhode18. When the Elders Speak, Just Listen Heidi Roberts19. Archaeology, Legitimacy, and the Contemporary Native Nation MarÍa Nieves ZedeÑo20. Microcosm and Macrocosm in Southwestern Archaeology David R. Wilcox21. The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in Southwestern Archaeology William H. Doelle22. The Evolution of Historical Archaeology in the American West Donald L. Hardesty and Eugene Hattori23. Origins of an Archaeological Tree-ring Data Set: Flagstaff Area, Northeastern Arizona Richard V. N. Ahlstrom and Christopher Downum24. An Embarrassment of Riches: Tree-Ring Dating, the History of Archaeology, and the Interpretation of Pre-Columbian History at Mesa Verde National Park Stephen E. Nash and Nina Rogers25. In Praise of Collections Research: Basketmaker Roots of Chacoan Ritual Practices Laurie Webster, Linda Cordell, Kelley Hays-Gilpin, and Edward JolieList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisAuthor Tammy Stone focuses on a number of general deliberations on the archaeology of middle-range society and the prehistory of the American Southwest. This includes the complex dynamics of migration, identity, ethnic interaction, and the ability of archaeologists to identify these patterns in the archaeological record. The integration and ultimate expulsion of a group of Kayenta Anasazi at Point of Pines Pueblo in the Mogollon Highlands of east-central Arizona provides a case study and location where these themes played out. Stone uses a detailed architectural analysis of the pueblo to attain a nuanced and dynamic understanding of migration from the perspective of both the Kayenta migrants and their Mogollon hosts. By examining the choices that individuals, families, and small groups made about identity and alliance from the perspective of both the migrants and host community—the latter being an aspect often missing from analyses of migration—this volume provides never-before-published data on Point of Pines Pueblo and contributes considerably to the study of community dynamics at large.Trade Review“A significant contribution to the literature on Southwest prehistory that will also be of use to archaeologists working in other parts of the world where migrations occurred.” —Barbara Roth, Department of Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas “Stone is to be commended for bringing the archaeology of Point of Pines Pueblo to the attention of a wider audience. Parsing the social, spatial, and temporal complexities of small-scale population movements in middle-range societies is no small challenge; well-documented case studies like Point of Pines Pueblo offer unusually detailed windows into these past events.”—Journal of Anthropological Research “Stone’s perspective on the importance of social, spatial, and temporal distance and her emphasis on host-migration interactions in particular should inspire new research to better understand the drivers of social change or continuity in contexts of migration using a diverse array of material cultural data.”—American Antiquity

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Book SynopsisThe Mesa Verde region is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world and is an area fraught with complexities, anomalies, and layers of histories. Sushi in Cortez is a collection of essays by an interdisciplinary group of academics, artists, and cultural observers that explores this diverse landscape and heritage by combining and sharing the differing perspectives provided by various disciplines. Poetry, film, environmental philosophy, nature photography, native Pueblo perspectives, and archaeology are used to touch on the common questions people ask about the value of their work and lives as well as the value of visiting ancient sites such as Mesa Verde. The authors share personal stories about the difficulties, joys, confusions, and epiphanies they experienced as they crossed the boundaries of their professional lives, coming to understand how incomplete any single rendition of place can be.Trade Review“We are brought into the world of sharing, humor, humility and exploration that transcends the traditional limitations of academic or scholarly work. Given the recent interest in interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary work, this book has the potential to fill a real niche.” —Sylvia D. Torti, dean of the Honors College and assistant research professor of biology, University of Utah “The volume would be very effective for all incoming college freshmen. It would create a platform for discussion of what happens intellectually as one trains to become a professional in any field, and for discussion of the pros and cons of this kind of professionalization.” —Shirley Powell, vice president of programs, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center “I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in the joys and the challenges of truly interdisciplinary work. Sushi in Cortez is creative, provocative, and wise. It deserves a wide readership among all who care about conversations across intellectual, professional, and personal walls.” --David George Haskell, author of the Pulitzer finalist, The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch In Nature

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Book SynopsisHumans have occupied mountain environments and relied on mountain resources since the terminal Pleistocene. Their continuous interaction with the land from generation to generation has left material imprints ranging from anthropogenic fires to vision quest sites. The diverse case studies presented in this collection explore the material record of North American mountain dwellers and habitual users of high-elevation resources in terms of social investment—the intergenerational commitment of a group to a particular landscape.Contributors look creatively at the significance of social investment and its material and nonmaterial consequences, addressing landscape engineering at different times using diverse, theoretical standpoints and archaeological, historical, and ethnographic data from varied mountain environments. Engineering Mountain Landscapes offers substantive ideas of broad intellectual interest, specific case studies with state-of-the-art methodology, and a wealth of comparative data.Trade Review“This volume elucidates important archaeological and ethnographic cases in which mountains transform, and become transformed by, human agency. The multi-disciplinary contributions document sophisticated landscape modification strategies that range from construction of facilities and features, to innovative high altitude settlements, to alteration of the very rhythms of mountain ecosystems. Only through the synthesis of science and Native domains of knowledge could a book like this bear witness to human resiliency, adaptation, and innovation in mountain cultures.” —Pei-Lin Yu, author of Rivers, Fish, and the People “Early in the history of North American archaeology, mountains were seen as unimportant fringes and barriers with little to attract prehistoric populations. This volume joins the growing body of literature challenging those initial misconceptions with solid archaeology and enthnography.…The overall message found in Scheiber and Zedeno’s edited volume is that for people across the West (and other directions, too) mountains were, and still are, central to their everyday lives.”—Journal of Anthropological Research “Intriguing and informative.”—American Antiquity

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together the work of archaeologists investigating prehistoric hunter-gatherers (foragers) and early farmers in both the Southwest and the Great Basin. Most previous work on this topic has been regionally specific, with researchers from each area favoring a different theoretical approach and little shared dialogue. Here the studies of archaeologists working in both the Southwest and the Great Basin are presented side by side to illustrate the similarities in environmental challenges and cultural practices of the prehistoric peoples who lived in these areas and to explore common research questions addressed by both regions.Three main themes link these papers: the role of the environment in shaping prehistoric behaviour, flexibilityin foraging and farming adaptations, and diversity in settlement strategies. Contributors cover a range of topics including the varied ways hunter-gatherers adapted to arid environments, the transition to farming and the reasons for it, the variation in early farming across the Southwest and Great Basin, and the differing paths followed as they developed settled villages.Trade Review“The authors provide an array of articles that highlight parallels in Southwestern and Great Basin research and show how theoretical approaches commonly used in one region may be usefully applied to the other. The papers illustrate through example, rather than by being prescriptive.” —Andrew Ugan, Far Western Anthropological Research Group

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Book SynopsisThis data-rich monograph provides new and stimulating perspectives on the Hohokam people and their mortuary practices. It breaks new ground by using the knowledge of descendent peoples to generate archaeologically testable hypotheses; demonstrating the need for mortuary analyses conducted at a regional scale; and synthesizing the interaction of beliefs, ideology, social organization, and ecology in determining Hohokam mortuary practices. Various chapters discuss body treatment, mortuary furniture and goods, mortuary architecture, and cemeteries. Numerous figures help document the variability of Hohokam practices.Sending the Spirits Home synthesizes data from various excavations, applied archaeology, and cultural resource management projects. This study combines archaeological and ethnographic sources and provides tools for the adoption of standardized protocols needed to facilitate cross-project comparisons on which future regional syntheses can be based.Trade Review“The coding protocols are a major contribution to the study of Hohokam mortuary patterns, the compilation of the data is impressive and informative, the conclusions are interesting—and some even surprising.”—Todd W. Bostwick, PhD, Director of Archaeology, Verde Valley Archaeology Center, Camp Verde, Arizona “The book stands alone as the first detailed summary and analysis of Hohokam mortuary practice. It brings together over three decades of work and greatly advances our understanding of the Hohokam, with useful analyses that get well beyond the old debates.” —Randall H. McGuire, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, SUNY Binghamton “It is well worth the effort to follow Rice as he constructs and applies an encompassing model of factors deemed essential for understanding Hohokam mortuary programs.... Professionals and students with interests in Hohokam or Southwest studies will unquestionably benefit from this book.”—American Antiquity “This terrific volume presents a descriptive, interpretive, and synthetic presentation of Hohokam mortuary archaeology that is impressive in its breadth and scope…. [and] provides a model for what mortuary archaeology can aspire to in the Southwest and beyond.”—Journal of Anthropological Research

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Book SynopsisTrending upward as an archaeological field of study, protohistoric mobile groups provide fascinating new directions for cutting-edge research in the American Southwest and beyond. These mobile residents represent the ancient and ancestral roots of many modern indigenous peoples, including the Apaches, Jumano, Yavapai, and Ute. These important protohistoric and historic mobile people have tended to be ignored because their archaeological sites were deemed too difficult to identify, too scant to be worthy of study, and too different to incorporate. This book brings together information from a diverse collection of authors working throughout the American Southwest and its fringes to make the bold statement that these groups can be identified in the archaeological record and their sites have much to contribute to the study of cultural process, method and theory, and past lifeways. Mobile groups are integral for assessing the grand reorganisational events of the Late Prehistoric period and are key to understanding colonial contact and transformations.Trade Review“An excellent array of regional case studies spanning the Southwest, from the edge of the Great Plains to California. A consistent, scholarly sound, and very well-rounded volume.” —John Carpenter, profesor de Investigación Científica, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Centro Insituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia Sonora “These essays provide insights into the activities of those often invisible groups whose presence bridged a cultural and temporal span between ‘prehistory’ and the leading edges of ‘history.’ Insofar as the Southwestern archaeological literature is concerned, this book stands alone.” —David H. Snow, former director and founder of Cross-Cultural Research Systems “This excellent book provides an array of information on late mobile societies in the American Southwest. Its most significant contribution, however, is bringing attention to a poorly documented and misunderstood part of the archaeological record—one that we should not continue to ignore.”—Journal of Anthropological Research “This collection of papers masterfully addresses the goals of the volume to define the archaeological correlates of mobile peoples and their social and economic roles in the protohistoric Southwest. In overthrowing the orthodoxy of Southwestern archaeology, Seymour and the many contributors to the volume demonstrate that the diversity of mobile peoples in the Southwest were not peripheral or of secondary importance to Puebloan groups.”—California Archaeology

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Book SynopsisThe Last House at Bridge River offers a comprehensive archaeological study of a single-house floor and roof deposit dated to approximately 1835–1858 C.E.Although the Fur Trade period of the nineteenth century was a time of significant change for aboriginal peoples in the Pacific Northwest, it is a period that is poorly understood. These studies of Housepit 54 at the Bridge River site offer new insights, revealing that ancestors of today’s St’át’imc people were actively engaged in maintaining traditional lifestyles and making the best of new opportunities for trade and intergroup interaction.Among its major contributions, the book includes a first-ever historical ecology of the Middle Fraser Canyon that places aboriginal and Euro-Canadian history in ecological context. It demonstrates that an integrated multidisciplinary approach to archaeological research can achieve insights well beyond what is known from the ethnographic and historical records. Because the project derives from a long-term partnership between the University of Montana and the Bridge River Indian Band, it illustrates the value of collaborations between archaeologists and First Nations. Together, contributors present a Fur Trade period aboriginal society at a level of intimacy unparalleled elsewhere.Trade Review“An excellent, important research publication with scholarly significance in the fields of indigenous history, historical archaeology, and Plateau and Northwest Coast cultural studies. It provides a model for thorough, high-resolution excavation and analytical techniques.” —Aron L. Crowell, Alaska director, Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution “The archaeology of the Fur Trade era has been approached for the most part from a Eurocentric perspective, so this book provides an important counterpoint that should be widely publicized. It adds a lot of detail and new data to interior Salish enthnohistorical archaeology. The content is unique and illuminating.” —Maria Nieves Zedeño, professor of anthropology, University of Arizona “I like several things about this book. It is a useful contribution to understanding processes of change in nineteenth century British Columbia, especially in the mid-Fraser River region. It significantly expands the scope of historic period archaeology in the province by focusing on First Nations, who have received scant previous attention. The book also provides a useful model for incorporating Indigenous frameworks into archaeological analyses and offers interesting data and insights for comparison.”—BCBookLook.com “This book is more than the sum of its parts. The amalgamation of many separate studies succeeds in giving the reader a very high-resolution picture of the contact-period occupation at Bridge River. Subject matter is well chosen and diverse…. The book breathes life into St’Át’imc society during a critical period in its history.” —Alaska Journal of Anthropology “The premise of the volume is unique, and the collaboration of many scholars (along with the participation of the descendant community) allows for the contribution of diverse theoretical perspectives and interpretations…. The methodological breadth on display across the different chapters will be useful for students and professionals looking for analytical inspiration.” —Pacific Northwest Quarterly

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Book SynopsisThis volume highlights the importance of eastern Paleoindian research in understanding some of the first inhabitants of North America.Although diverse in manufacture and style, fluted point production represents the first widespread cultural phenomenon in North America. Volume II of In the Eastern Fluted Point Tradition continues the work begun in Volume I, expanding the Paleoindian literature with up-to-date summaries of late Pleistocene research in the eastern United States. Twenty-one chapters provide data from additional site reports, regional surveys and syntheses, and artifact studies from areas not previously included. Much of the information in this volume comes from sites that were discovered or excavated only in the last decade. These artefact and site-specific studies serve as examples of the detailed analyses required on Paleoindian assemblages and provide an opportunity to better understand changes in population, technology, and settlement over time. Together, the two volumes advance Paleoindian studies in eastern North America, offering new data, interpretations, and hypotheses to create a baseline for future research.Trade Review“The volume is a significant contribution; it contains unpublished data, new ideas, and conclusions that challenge some of our cherished notions about late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers in the Eastern Woodlands. As a whole, I think that even those outside the specialty of Paleoindian archaeological research will find it useful.” —Juliet E. Morrow, University of Arkansas, Anthropology & Geoarcheology “The volume has a vast amount of outstanding technical content. It is a major and important work of scholarship that will be widely read by professional and avocational archaeologists alike. Like volume I, this will be a basic reference for the next several decades.” —David G. Anderson, University of Tennessee, Anthropology “This data-rich volume represents an important contribution to our understanding of Paleoindian settlement-subsistence behaviors, regional chronologies, and the placement of sites relative to particular landforms and salient environmental features. It certainly merits a place in any Paleoindian archaeologist’s library.” —Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology “Should prove useful to researchers interested in developing future cross-site comparisons or building and testing regional models of technology, group interaction, and landscape use. This is the major strength of Volume II: it presents―in many cases for the first time―data from both well- and lesser-known fluted point sites in eastern North America in a manner that will provide a foundation upon which to build future studies.” —Journal of California and Great Basin Archaeology “This volume—and every chapter within it—considers evidence of social boundaries, fixed territories, flexible and diverse tool kits and manufacturing practices, diverse raw material selection strategies and exchange, and large populations and aggregations. I look forward to the next steps that the data in this volume offer, including broad comparisons between sites drawing on the detailed site-level and artifact analyses presented. Overall, Volume II of In the Eastern Fluted Point Tradition exceeds its goals, and it is a rich resource that will be harvested for years to come.” —American Antiquity

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume, which emerged from a symposium organized at the 2014 SAA meeting in Austin, Texas, covers recent Paleoamerican research and site excavations from Patagonia to Canada. Contributors discuss the peopling of the Americas, early American assemblages, lifeways, and regional differences. Many scholars present current data previously unavailable in English. Chapters are organized south to north in an attempt to shake the usual north-centric focus of Pleistocene–Early Holocene archaeological studies and to bring to the forefront the many fascinating discoveries being made in southern latitudes. The diversity of approaches over a large geographic expanse generates discussion that prompts a re-evaluation of predominant paradigms about how the expansion of Homo sapiens in the Western Hemisphere took place. Those who work in Paleoamerican studies will embrace this book for its new data and for its comparative look at the Americas.

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents the multiyear archaeological investigations of Cerro Juanaqueña and related sites in northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico. These remarkable terraced hilltop settlements represent a series of watershed developments, including substantial dependence on agriculture and early experiments with village living, fortified settlements, collective labor, and communal architecture. Part of a larger, regional development, they parallel changes in northern Sonora and southern Arizona. The emergence of large fortified agricultural villages at 1300 BC before the use of ceramics was an unexpected discovery that changed how archaeologists view early agriculture in this region. The authors place their work in a regional and theoretical context, providing detailed analyses of radiocarbon dates, structures, features, and artifacts. Authors Hard and Roney, and their contributors, present innovative analyses of plant and animal remains, ground stone, chipped stone, and landscape evolution. Through comparisons with a global cross-cultural probe of hilltop sites and a detailed examination of the features and artifacts of Cerro Juanaqueña, Hard and Roney argue that these cerros de trincheras sites are the earliest fortified defensive sites in the region. Readers with interests in ancient agriculture, warfare, village formation, and material culture will find this to be a foundational volume.Trade ReviewA significant contribution to the burgeoning literature on the early development of agricultural villages in northwest Mexico and the southwest United States. I applaud the authors' work and appreciate their attention to addressing multiple alternative explanations and creating a comprehensive vision of the early hill settlements in the Casas Grandes Valley."- James T. Watson, associate curator of bioarchaeology and associate professor of anthropology, University of Arizona"This volume is based on careful, detailed, and long-term study at one of the most important archaeological sites in northwest Mexico and the southwest United States. It will re-enforce a fundamentally new understanding of the emergence of village lifeways and the emergence of farming economies in the Southwest/Northwest and will have an important and continuing impact on Early Agricultural period studies."- Paul R. Fish, curator emeritus, Arizona State Museum, and professor emeritus, School of Anthropology, Arizona State University

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