Perishable Material Culture in the Northeast

Perishable Material Culture in the Northeast
Author: Penelope B. Drooker
Publisher: University of State of New York
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2004
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN:

The individual chapters include both regional overviews and case histories of surviving evidence for these types of objects in the Northeast, with analyses of their importance in the social economy of the region. They employ both primary evidence (actual objects or fragments of them) and secondary evidence (such as impressions of fabrics in pottery, metal pseudomorphs, or images of objects). A large number of the chapters provide information on cordage and fabrics; many include bark, wood, and leather objects as well.

Perishable Material Culture in Prehistory

Perishable Material Culture in Prehistory
Author: Linda M. Hurcombe
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2014-04-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 131781455X

Perishable Material Culture in Prehistory provides new approaches and integrates a broad range of data to address a neglected topic, organic material in the prehistoric record. Providing news ideas and connections and suggesting revisionist ways of thinking about broad themes in the past, this book demonstrates the efficacy of an holistic approach by using examples and cases studies. No other book covers such a broad range of organic materials from a social and object biography perspective, or concentrates so fully on approaches to the missing components of prehistoric material culture. This book will be an essential addition for those people wishing to understand better the nature and importance of organic materials as the ’missing majority’ of prehistoric material culture.

Bulletin

Bulletin
Author: New York State Museum
Publisher:
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1976
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples

Connecticut's Indigenous Peoples
Author: Lucianne Lavin
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2013-06-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0300186649

Describes the history and culture of the indigenous people of Connecticut.

A PERSISTENT PLACE: A LANDSCAPE APPROACH TO THE PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE GREENLEE TRACT IN SOUTHERN OHIO

A PERSISTENT PLACE: A LANDSCAPE APPROACH TO THE PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE GREENLEE TRACT IN SOUTHERN OHIO
Author: Matthew Purtill
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2012-06-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1105873234

Long-term archaeological investigations at the Greenlee Tract by Gray & Pape, Inc., revealed significant evidence for over 10,000 years of Native American utilization of southern Ohio's ancient landscape. Using a siteless landscape approach, this book presents a comprehensive summary of all past work. Various topics are discussed including landscape development, environmental patterns and cycles, settlement patterning and subsistence strategies, and social organization. Several unique archaeological findings are reported upon including the discovery of one of the largest Middle-Late Woodland (A.D. 300-600) villages in the region; the documentation of a rare open-aired, Early Woodland (700 - 100 B.C.) ceremonial structure; and some of the best evidence for Middle Archaic (6500-4000 B.C.) occupation found anywhere in the state. Rarely has such an array of topics been addressed in a single monograph project.

Basketry Technology

Basketry Technology
Author: J. M. Adovasio
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2016-09-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1315433230

Basketry Technology, first published in 1977, is the only comprehensive guide for archaeologists, anthropologists, art historians, and collectors for identifying and analyzing ancient baskets and basket fragments. Long out of print, this volume is again available with an extensive new introduction by the original author that summarizes the extensive work done in this area over the past 35 years. The volume describes proper field and lab techniques for recovery of specimens and offers a systematic methodology for identifying and interpreting twined, coiled, and plaited basket samples. It then uses Canyon de Chelly as an example of how to process a large basketry assemblage properly. In addition to 200 illustrations, the book includes a variety of sample forms to use in describing and analyzing ancient baskets.

Dam Projects and the Growth of American Archaeology

Dam Projects and the Growth of American Archaeology
Author: Kimball M Banks
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2016-06-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1315430711

The Smithsonian Institution’s River Basin Surveys and the Interagency Archeological Salvage Program were the most ambitious archaeological projects ever undertaken in the United States. Administered by the National Park Service from 1945–1969, the programs had profound effects—methodological, theoretical, and historical—on American archaeology, many of which are still being felt today. They stimulated the public’s interest in heritage preservation, led to the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act, served as the model for rescue archaeology in other countries, and helped launch the “New Archaeology.” This book examines the impacts of these two programs on the development of American archaeology.