California Archaeology
California Archaeology

Author: Michael J. Moratto

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2014-05-10

Total Pages: 798

ISBN-13: 1483277356

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California Archaeology provides a compilation of knowledge for archeologists who are not California specialists. This book explains important cultural events and patterns discovered archeologically. Organized into 11 chapters, this book begins with an overview of California's historic and ancient environments as well as the evidence of Pleistocene human activity. This text then examines the glacial and other environmental conditions that would have influenced the origins, adaptations, and spread of the earliest North Americans. Other chapters consider how California's past is relevant to a wider understanding of human behavior. This book discusses as well the perceptions of Central Coast and San Francisco Bay region prehistory that have changed rapidly as a result of intensive fieldwork performed to comply with environmental law. The final chapter deals with the data of historical linguistics, which indicate something of the cultural relationships and events that might have occurred in the past. This book is a valuable resource for archeologists.

California Prehistory
California Prehistory

Author: Terry L. Jones

Publisher: Rowman Altamira

Published: 2007-07-16

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 0759113742

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Some forty scholars examine California's prehistory and archaeology, looking at marine and terrestrial palaeoenvironments, initial human colonization, linguistic prehistory, early forms of exchange, mitochondrial DNA studies, and rock art. This work is the most extensive study of California's prehistory undertaken in the past 20 years. An essential resource for any scholar of California prehistory and archaeology!

Contemporary Issues in California Archaeology
Contemporary Issues in California Archaeology

Author: Terry L Jones

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-06-16

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 1315431645

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Recent archaeological research on California includes a greater diversity of models and approaches to the region’s past, as older literature on the subject struggles to stay relevant. This comprehensive volume offers an in-depth look at the most recent theoretical and empirical developments in the field including key controversies relevant to the Golden State: coastal colonization, impacts of comets and drought cycles, systems of power, Polynesian contacts, and the role of indigenous peoples in the research process, among others. With a specific emphasis on those aspects of California’s past that resonate with the state’s modern cultural identity, the editors and contributors—all leading figures in California archaeology—seek a new understanding of the myth and mystique of the Golden State.

Prehistory of North America
Prehistory of North America

Author: Mark Sutton

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-12-22

Total Pages: 429

ISBN-13: 1317345231

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A Prehistory of North America covers the ever-evolving understanding of the prehistory of North America, from its initial colonization, through the development of complex societies, and up to contact with Europeans. This book is the most up-to-date treatment of the prehistory of North America. In addition, it is organized by culture area in order to serve as a companion volume to “An Introduction to Native North America.” It also includes an extensive bibliography to facilitate research by both students and professionals.

Hunter-Gatherer Adaptation and Resilience
Hunter-Gatherer Adaptation and Resilience

Author: Daniel H. Temple

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 1107187354

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Explores the variety of ways in which hunter-gatherer societies have responded to external stressors while maintaining their core identity.

Changing Perspectives on the Archaeology of the Central Mississippi Valley
Changing Perspectives on the Archaeology of the Central Mississippi Valley

Author: Michael J. O'Brien

Publisher: University of Alabama Press

Published: 1998-03-25

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 0817309098

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Fourteen experts examine the current state of Central Valley prehistoric research and provide an important touchstone for future archaeological study of the region The Mississippi Valley region has long played a critical role in the development of American archaeology and continues to be widely known for the major research of the early 1950s. To bring the archaeological record up to date, fourteen Central Valley experts address diverse topics including the distribution of artifacts across the landscape, internal configurations of large fortified settlements, human-bone chemistry, and ceramic technology. The authors demonstrate that much is to be learned from the rich and varied archaeological record of the region and that the methods and techniques used to study the record have changed dramatically over the past half century. Operating at the cutting edge of current research strategies, these archaeologists provide a fresh look at old problems in central Mississippi Valley research.

Exploring Methods of Faunal Analysis
Exploring Methods of Faunal Analysis

Author: Michael Glassow

Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press

Published: 2012-12-31

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1938770536

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How does the practice of archaeology benefit from faunal analysis? Michael Glassow and Terry Joslin's Exploring Methods of Faunal Analysis: Insights from California Archaeology addresses this question. Contributors to this volume demonstrate how faunal remains can be used to elucidate subsistence, settlement, technological systems, economic exchange, social organization, adaptation to variability in resource distribution and abundance, and the impacts of historic land use. The sheer prevalence of faunal remains in California archaeological sites means that most archaeologists working in the state inevitably must give these resources their close attention-and yet methodological challenges remain. The chapters in this thoughtfully edited volume tackle these challenges, providing strategies for identifying and mitigating sample bias and recommending quantitative techniques borrowed from a variety of disciplines. The volume also presents examples that illustrate the use of faunal data to test hypotheses derived from microeconomic theory, the applicability of bone and shell chemistry to faunal analysis, and the relevance of faunal data to addressing issues in biology.

Handbook of Archaeological Theories
Handbook of Archaeological Theories

Author: R. Alexander Bentley

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 604

ISBN-13: 9780759100336

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This handbook gathers original, authoritative articles from leading archaeologists to compile the latest thinking about archaeological theory. The authors provide a comprehensive picture of the theoretical foundations by which archaeologists contextualize and analyze their archaeological data. Student readers will also gain a sense of the immense power that theory has for building interpretations of the past, while recognizing the wonderful archaeological traditions that created it. An extensive bibliography is included. This volume is the single most important reference for current information on contemporary archaeological theories.