Shovel Ready
Shovel Ready

Author: Bernard K. Means

Publisher: University of Alabama Press

Published: 2013-01-25

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 0817357181

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Beginning in March 1933 with the excavation of the Marksville mound site in Louisiana, and throughout the next decade, ordinary citizens labored in New Deal jobs programs and participated in archaeological excavations across the United States. Under the auspices of work relief programs, people were provided the opportunity to explore and document American Indian villages and mounds, important historic places, and homes associated with events and people critical to the foundation of the country.

A New Deal for Southeastern Archaeology
A New Deal for Southeastern Archaeology

Author: Edwin A. Lyon

Publisher: University of Alabama Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 0817307915

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Utilizing primary sources that include correspondence and unpublished reports, Lyon demonstrates the great importance of the New Deal projects in the history of southeastern and North American archaeology. New Deal archaeology transformed the practice of archaeology in the Southeast and created the basis for the discipline that exists today.

Dam Projects and the Growth of American Archaeology
Dam Projects and the Growth of American Archaeology

Author: Kimball M Banks

Publisher: Left Coast Press

Published: 2014-04-30

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1611321743

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This book examines the profound impacts of the Smithsonian Institution's River Basin Surveys and the Interagency Archeological Salvage Program (1945-1969) on the development of American archaeology.

Digging for Dollars
Digging for Dollars

Author: Paul Fagette

Publisher:

Published: 2008-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780826345820

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Fagette's book is a thorough, compelling history of American archaeology in its most critical decade, the 1930s.

Accidental Archaeologist
Accidental Archaeologist

Author: Jesse David Jennings

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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Opinionated, rough-edged, direct, and insightful, Jennings offers insight into twentieth century archaeology and entertains at the same time.

Archaeology on the Great Plains
Archaeology on the Great Plains

Author: W. Raymond Wood

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13:

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This synthesis of Great Plains archaeology brings together what is currently known about the inhabitants of the ancient Plains. The essays review the Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Woodland, and Plains Village peoples, providing information on technology, diet, settlement and adaptive patterns.

Men Against Time
Men Against Time

Author: Robert Silverberg

Publisher:

Published: 1967

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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In his discussions of digs at construction sites all over the United States, Mr. Silverberg reviews the latest archaeological methods and provides and intriguing look at American history and prehistory as seen through the unearthed relics of the past.