Theory and Practice of Archaeological Residue Analysis
Theory and Practice of Archaeological Residue Analysis

Author: H. Barnard

Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 296

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Organic residues include a broad range of materials that can be analyzed at a macro-, micro- or molecular level. They represent the carbon-based remains (in combination with H, N, O, P and S) of fungi, plants, animals and humans. Organic residue analysis is a relatively new technique to archaeology. The chapters of this volume bring together scholars from across the globe and attest to the diverse range of analytical methods, material types, spatio-temporal cultural units and research questions to which organic residue analysis has been applied. They are partly the proceedings of a symposium on this subject, held on 31 March 2005 in Salt Lake City (Utah) during the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, and partly the result of invitations to contribute forwarded to many active in this field.

National Geographic Index, 1888-1988
National Geographic Index, 1888-1988

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Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : National Geographic Society

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 1220

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Several essays discussing the past, present, and future of the National Geographic Society accompany an index covering one hundred years of the Society's magazine.

Anthropological Literature
Anthropological Literature

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Published: 1982

Total Pages: 518

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Describes articles and essays on anthropology and archaeology, including art history, demography, economics, psychology, and religious studies. Indexes articles two or more pages long in works published in English and other European languages. Internet version covers from the 19th century to the present.

Pinson Mounds
Pinson Mounds

Author: Robert C. Mainfort Jr.

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1557286396

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Pinson Mounds: Middle Woodland Ceremonialism in the Midsouth is a comprehensive overview and reinterpretation of the largest Middle Woodland mound complex in the Southeast. Located in west Tennessee about ten miles south of Jackson, the Pinson Mounds complex includes at least thirteen mounds, a geometric earthen embankment, and contemporary short-term occupation areas within an area of about four hundred acres. A unique feature of Pinson Mounds is the presence of five large, rectangular platform mounds from eight to seventy-two feet in height. Around A.D. 100, Pinson Mounds was a pilgrimage center that drew visitors from well beyond the local population and accommodated many distinct cultural groups and people of varied social stations. Stylistically nonlocal ceramics have been found in virtually every excavated locality, all together representing a large portion of the Southeast. Along with an overview of this important and unique mound complex, Pinson Mounds also provides a reassessment of roughly contemporary centers in the greater Midsouth and Lower Mississippi Valley and challenges past interpretations of the Hopewell phenomenon in the region.

Big Plans
Big Plans

Author: Kenneth L. Kolson

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9780801866791

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This work springs from the idea that human aspirations for the city tend to overstate the role of rationality in public life. The author explores the part serendipity plays in urban experience.