Time Before History
Author: H. Trawick Ward
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780807847800
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the state's prehistory and archaeological discoveries
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The Prehistory of North Carolina
Author: David Sutton Phelps
Publisher:
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 228
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSurveys the archaeology of North Carolina's three major regions--the Coastal Plain, the Piedmont, and the Mountains. Discusses the history of archaeological research in the state and suggests future directions of study. Contributors include archaeologists Joffre L. Coe, David S. Phelps, Burton L. Purrington, and H. Trawick Ward.
Carolina's Historical Landscapes
Author: Linda France Stine
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780870499760
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFeaturing contributions by leading scholars, this book goes beyond conventional archaeological studies by placing the description and interpretation of specific sites in the wider context of the landscape that connects them to one another.
A New Voyage to Carolina
Author: John Lawson
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
Published: 1709
Total Pages: 134
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHighland Heritage
Author: Celeste Ray
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2015-12-01
Total Pages: 279
ISBN-13: 1469625806
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEach year, tens of thousands of people flock to Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina, and to more than two hundred other locations across the country to attend Scottish Highland Games and Gatherings. There, kilt-wearing participants compete in athletics, Highland dancing, and bagpiping, while others join clan societies in celebration of a Scottish heritage. As Celeste Ray notes, however, the Scottish affiliation that Americans claim today is a Highland Gaelic identity that did not come to characterize that nation until long after the ancestors of many Scottish Americans had left Scotland. Ray explores how Highland Scottish themes and lore merge with southern regional myths and identities to produce a unique style of commemoration and a complex sense of identity for Scottish Americans in the South. Blending the objectivity of the anthropologist with respect for the people she studies, she asks how and why we use memories of our ancestral pasts to provide a sense of identity and community in the present. In so doing, she offers an original and insightful examination of what it means to be Scottish in America.
The Years Without Summer
Author: Joel Gunn
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTree-rings worldwide and other evidence record an almost catastrophic change in the environment during the middle years of the 6th century AD. This supports the writings of Cassiodorus in Roman Italy and other writers across the world who all documented darkness, drought and cold at this time; in AD 541 hunger, disease and warfare killed much of Europe's population. This collection of 16 essays shows how a worldwide event leaves evidence in the archaeological record and examines what actually happened and the dramatic political, economic, climactic and environmental repurcussions across Europe, America and Africa.
North Carolina Through Four Centuries
Author: William S. Powell
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Published: 2010-01-20
Total Pages: 671
ISBN-13: 0807898988
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis successor to the classic Lefler-Newsome North Carolina: The History of a Southern State, published in 1954, presents a fresh survey history that includes the contemporary scene. Drawing upon recent scholarship, the advice of specialists, and his own knowledge, Powell has created a splendid narrative that makes North Carolina history accessible to both students and general readers. For years to come, this will be the standard college text and an essential reference for home and office.
The Geology of the Carolinas
Author: J. Wright Horton
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780870496622
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTo celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, the Carolina Geological Society invited forty-three authors to contribute to the creation of The Geology of the Carolinas. The only comprehensive, modern treatment of the subject, the volume has been prepared for a diverse readership ranging from undergraduate students to specialists in the fields of geology and related earth sciences. Following the editors' general introduction are chapters on Precambrian and Paleozoic metamorphic and igneous rocks of the Appalachian Blue Ridge and Piedmont; rocks of early Mesozoic rift basins, formed just before the opening of the Atlantic Ocean; Cretaceous and Tertiary sedimentary deposits of the Atlantic Coastal Plain; Quaternary geology and geomorphology; Cenozoic tectonism, including evidence for the recurrence of large earthquakes near Charleston; and an overview of mineral resources in the Carolinas. The book includes an index of field guides produced by the society and a thorough bibliography. By introducing exciting new concepts and focusing on challenging problems on the frontiers of research, this authoritative book will stimulate research in the years to come. The Editors: J. Wright Horton, Jr., is a research geologist for the United States Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia. Victor A. Zullo is a professor of geology at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
The Individual in Prehistory
Author: James N. Hill
Publisher:
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 280
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKTransformations
Author: Colin Renfrew
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2014-05-10
Total Pages: 540
ISBN-13: 1483277526
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTransformations: Mathematical Approaches to Culture Change focuses on the application of contemporary mathematical techniques to the study of culture change and formulates problems in archaeology, anthropology, and historiography in such a way that they are susceptible to treatment of a mathematical kind. Mathematical models, extending from the almost purely quantitative methods of physics to the purely verbal conceptual explanations, are described. Emphasis is placed on catastrophe theoretic models that exemplify the use of soft mathematics in situations in which the use of hard quantitative models is not possible. Comprised of 21 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the role of mathematics in theoretical archaeology, followed by a discussion on two general categories of mathematical methods that seem to be suitable for modeling cultural transformations: methods of dynamical systems theory and methods that give greater emphasis on discrete entities and the structural relations or patterns among them. Subsequent chapters deal with the use of mathematics in history; morphogenesis in biological and social systems; simulation of the growth of hierarchies; and logistic trends in Southwest population growth. A reconstruction of political units in the Valley of Mexico during the Toltec period is also presented. This monograph will be of interest to archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, biologists, sociologists, and mathematicians.
