Description
Book SynopsisExplorations in American Archaeology is a collection of original essays relating to the areas of archaeology within which Hurt conducted pioneering research. The contributions include a number of noted scholars in both North And South America and reflect Hurt''s regional and topical interests. This volume is focused to a considerable degree of continuity among its contributions. Many of the papers provide new data and insights related to seminal and contemporary issues in American archaeology, and is strengthened by Pedro Schmitz and other prominent Brazilian archaeologists who provide new and unpublished data regarding native subsistence strategies. Due to the integration and continuity of the entire volume, those searching for specific information will finds essays throughout the volume useful to their purposes.
Trade ReviewExplorations in American Archaeology is an impressive and scholarly contribution that would grace any personal, professional, or academic archaeological reference collection or supplemental reading list. * Midwest Book Review *
Table of Contentschapter 1 List of Figures chapter 2 List of Tables chapter 3 Foreword chapter 4 Wesley R. Hurt chapter 5 Introduction chapter 6 Prehistoric Fishing Activity in Brazil chapter 7 A Reappraisal of the Edge-Trimmed Tool Tradition chapter 8 A Comparison of Some North American and Mesoamerican Cosmologies and Their Ritual Expressions chapter 9 The Paleoindian and Archaic Stages in South America chapter 10 Trade and Alliance in the Trans-Missouri West chapter 11 Unattractive but Effective chapter 12 Paleoindian and Arcahic Occupations in the Lower Amazon chapter 13 Brazil chapter 14 Peopling of the Seashore of Southern Brazil chapter 15 Abandonment of Brazilian Coastal Sites chapter 16 Reexamining the Plains Archaic McKean Culture chapter 17 Toward an Ethnocritical Archaeology of Indian-White Relationships on the Plains
