Archaic Prehistory on the Prairie-plains Border

Archaic Prehistory on the Prairie-plains Border

Author: Alfred E. Johnson

Publisher:

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13:

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Papers focus on adaptation, especially the variety of adjustments which human populations, living as hunter-and-gathers, made to the changing environment of the Prairie-Plains border.


Archaic Prehistory on the Prairie-plains Border

Archaic Prehistory on the Prairie-plains Border

Author: Alfred E. Johnson

Publisher:

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13:

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Papers focus on adaptation, especially the variety of adjustments which human populations, living as hunter-and-gathers, made to the changing environment of the Prairie-Plains border.


Archaic Hunters and Gatherers in the American Midwest

Archaic Hunters and Gatherers in the American Midwest

Author: James L Phillips

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2016-09-16

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1315433524

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This volume reports on a series of multidisciplinary projects involving the Archaic period of the American Midwest. A period of innovation and technical achievement, the articles focus on changes in environmental, social, and economic factors operating in this period, and the adaptation of the hunter gatherer peoples living at this time.


Archaeological Geology of the Archaic Period in North America

Archaeological Geology of the Archaic Period in North America

Author: E. Arthur Bettis III

Publisher: Geological Society of America

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 0813722977

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The Archaic Period is the longest and one of the most transitional of the cultural periods in North America. Its exact date varied across the continent, but it is distinguished from the earlier Paleo-Indian cultures by new styles of projectile points and other artifacts, and from the later prehistor


Encyclopedia of Prehistory

Encyclopedia of Prehistory

Author: Peter N. Peregrine

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2001-12-31

Total Pages: 574

ISBN-13: 9780306462603

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The Encyclopedia of Prehistory represents temporal dimension. Major traditions are an attempt to provide basic information also defined by a somewhat different set of on all archaeologically known cultures, sociocultural characteristics than are eth covering the entire globe and the entire nological cultures. Major traditions are prehistory of humankind. It is designed as defined based on common subsistence a tool to assist in doing comparative practices, sociopolitical organization, and research on the peoples of the past. Most material industries, but language, ideology, of the entries are written by the world's and kinship ties play little or no part in foremost experts on the particular areas their definition because they are virtually and time periods. unrecoverable from archaeological con The Encyclopedia is organized accord texts. In contrast, language, ideology, and ing to major traditions. A major tradition kinship ties are central to defining ethno is defined as a group of populations sharing logical cultures.


Archaic Societies

Archaic Societies

Author: Thomas E. Emerson

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 895

ISBN-13: 143842700X

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Essential overview of American Indian societies during the Archaic period across central North America.


Geoarchaeology in the Great Plains

Geoarchaeology in the Great Plains

Author: Rolfe D. Mandel

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780806132617

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Geoarchaeology is the application of geoscience to the study of archaeological deposits and the archaeological record. Employing techniques from pedology, geomorphology, sedimentology, geochronology, and stratigraphy, geoarchaeologists investigate and interpret sediments, soils and landforms at the focal points of archaeological research. Edited by Rolfe D. Mandel and with contributions by John Albanese, Joe Allen Artz, E. Arthur Bettis III, C. Reid Ferring, Vance T. Holliday, David W. May, and Mandel, this volume traces the history of all major projects, researchers, theoretical developments, and sites contributing to our geoarchaeological knowledge of North America's Great Plains. The book provides a historical overview and explores theoretical questions that confront geoarchaeologists working in the Great Plains, where North American geoarchaeology emerged as a discipline.


The Prehistory of Missouri

The Prehistory of Missouri

Author: Michael John O'Brien

Publisher: University of Missouri Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 9780826211316

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The Prehistory of Missouri is a fascinating examination of the objects that were made, used, and discarded or lost by Missouri's prehistoric inhabitants over a period of more than eleven thousand years. Missouri's numerous vegetation zones and its diverse topography encompassed extreme variations, forcing prehistoric populations to seek a wide range of adaptations to the natural environment. As a result, Missouri's archaeological record is highly complex, and it has not been fully understood despite the vast amount of fieldwork that has been conducted within the state's borders. In this groundbreaking account, Michael J. O'Brien and W. Raymond Wood explore the array of artifacts that have been found in Missouri, pinpointing minute variations in form. They have documented the ranges in age and distribution of the individual forms, explaining why certain forms persisted while others quickly disappeared. Organized by chronological periods such as Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian, the book provides a comprehensive survey of what is currently known about Missouri's prehistoric peoples, often revealing how they made their living in an ever-changing world. The authors have applied rigorous standards of archaeological inquiry. Their main objective--demonstrating that the archaeological record of Missouri can be explained in scientific terms--is accomplished. With more than 235 line drawings and photographs, including 23 color photos, The Prehistory of Missouri will appeal to anyone interested in archaeology, particularly in the artifacts and the dates of their manufacture, as well as those interested in the dichotomy between interpretation and explanation. Intended for the amateur as well as the professional archaeologist, this book is sure to be the new standard reference on Missouri's prehistory, fulfilling current needs that extend beyond those met by Carl Chapman's earlier classic, The Archaeology of Missouri.