Lindenmeier: a Pleistocene Hunting Society
Title | Lindenmeier: a Pleistocene Hunting Society PDF eBook |
Author | Edwin N. Wilmsen |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 152 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Survival by Hunting
Title | Survival by Hunting PDF eBook |
Author | George Frison |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | 288 |
Release | 2004-08-11 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0520231902 |
"George Frison is an icon in American archeology. In Survival by Hunting, he describes personal experiences leading to the insights and perspectives that set him apart from the majority of his colleagues, who know of large game hunting only secondhand."—Michael B. Collins, Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, the University of Texas at Austin “This small book is a record of achievement and dedication to learning rarely seen in the profession of archaeology. It is the inspirational product of a person who fully understands the critical importance of prior knowledge about the behavior of prey to inferring the activities of ancient hunter-gatherers. Students of past hunter-gatherers need to read this book.”—Lewis R. Binford, author of In Pursuit of the Past
Foragers of the Terminal Pleistocene in North America
Title | Foragers of the Terminal Pleistocene in North America PDF eBook |
Author | Renee Beauchamp Walker |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | 345 |
Release | 2007-01-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0803207646 |
These essays cast new light on Paleoindians, the first settlers of North America. Recent research strongly suggests that big-game hunting was but one of the subsistence strategies the first humans in the New World employed and that they also relied on foraging and fishing.
A Dictionary of Archaeology
Title | A Dictionary of Archaeology PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Shaw |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | 736 |
Release | 2008-04-15 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0470751967 |
This dictionary provides those studying or working in archaeology with a complete reference to the field.
Style, Society, and Person
Title | Style, Society, and Person PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Carr |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | 486 |
Release | 2013-11-11 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1489910972 |
Style, Society, and Person integrates the diverse current and past understandings of the causes of style in material culture. It comprehensively surveys the many factors that cause style; reviews theories that address these factors; builds and tests a unifying framework for integrating the theories; and illustrates the framework with detailed analyses of archaeological and ethnographic data ranging from simple to complex societies. Archaeologists, sociocultural anthropologists, and educators will appreciate the unique unifying approach this book takes to developing style theory.
Dry Creek
Title | Dry Creek PDF eBook |
Author | W. Roger Powers |
Publisher | Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | 465 |
Release | 2017-05-31 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1623495393 |
With cultural remains dated unequivocally to 13,000 calendar years ago, Dry Creek assumed major importance upon its excavation and study by W. Roger Powers. The site was the first to conclusively demonstrate a human presence that could be dated to the same time as the Bering Land Bridge. As Powers and his team studied the site, their work verified initial expectations. Unfortunately, the research was never fully published. Dry Creek: The Archaeology and Paleoecology of a Late Pleistocene Alaskan Hunting Camp is ready to take its rightful place in the ongoing research into the peopling of the Americas. Containing the original research, this book also updates and reconsiders Dry Creek in light of more recent discoveries and analysis.
The Uses of Style in Archaeology
Title | The Uses of Style in Archaeology PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Wright Conkey |
Publisher | CUP Archive |
Total Pages | 140 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780521445764 |
This book brings together essays that illustrate the different uses and interpretations of style in archaeology. Style is a widely discussed and controversial issue, which has always been central for archaeological interpretation. The collection considers the history of style in archaeology, its relationship to the concept of style in art history and how stylistic analyses will differ according to different initial assumptions. The essays show how stylistic interpretation works at different levels and they debate stylistic terminologies and concepts. Although these essays show that there is no unified theory of style, they underline the importance of continuing creative discussion through different themes and individual case studies.