Seeking Our Past An Introduction to North American ArchaeologyIncludes CD-ROM

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ISBN: 9780195173840

ISBN-10: 0195173848

ISBN-13: 9780195173840

Edition: 2007

Authors: Sarah W. Neusius, G. Timothy Gross

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Seeking Our Past: An Introduction to North American Archaeology offers an up-to-date and engaging introduction to North America's past that also illustrates contemporary archaeological practice. The authors include examples from both North American prehistory and history--drawn from academic archaeology and Cultural Resource Management (CRM)--in order to provide a broad overview of how the continent was settled, what archaeologists have learned about life across the North American culture areas, and how current archaeologists research our past. Chapters are enhanced by case studies written especially for this book by the original researchers. Through these case studies readers gain…

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List price: $74.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/13/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 720
Size: 9.02" wide x 7.40" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 2.640
Language: English

Each chapter includes a Chapter Summary, Suggestions for Further Reading, and Other Resources. STUDENT CD CONTENTS PREFACE CONTRIBUTORS ILLUSTRATION CREDITS PART 1: INTRODUCING NORTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY Chapter 1: The Nature and Practice of North American Archaeology The Scope of This Book What Is North American Archaeology? BOX 1.1 ISSUES AND DEBATES: Who Were the Mound Builders? The North American Archaeologist PROFILE 1.1 FACES IN ARCHAEOLOGY: W. James Judge, Professor and Director of the Chaco Project PROFILE 1.2 FACES IN ARCHAEOLOGY: Lynne Sebastian, Archaeologist and Historic Preservationist BOX 1.2 ISSUES AND DEBATES: Politics and Scholarship in the… Investigation of New York City's African Burial Ground An Overview of the Archaeological Process Case Study: The Pueblo Grande Project: An Example of Multidisciplinary Research in a Compliance Setting, Cory Dale Breternitz and Christine K. Robinson Chapter 2: Culture and Environment in North America's Past North American Culture Areas BOX 2.1 ISSUES AND DEBATES: What Are You Called? Names and Politics North American Environments BOX 2.2 ISSUES AND DEBATES: Is Environmental Reconstruction an Ancillary Study? The Climate of North America The Systematics of North American Culture History PROFILE 2.1 FACES IN ARCHAEOLOGY: Julie Stein, Archaeologist and Geoarchaeologist PROFILE 2.2 FACES IN ARCHAEOLOGY: Robert Kelly, Archaeologist and Professor Themes in the Study of North America's Past A Final Word About Dates and Dating Case Study: It Takes a Team: Interdisciplinary Research at the Koster Site, Michael D. Wiant and Sarah W. Neusius PART 2: THE NORTH AMERICAN PAST Chapter 3: Peopling of the Americas When Were the Americas Settled? The Clovis-First Scenario EXHIBIT 3.1 CLUES TO THE PAST: Fluted Points: The Original American Invention? Does the Clovis-First Scenario Account for All the Evidence? Key Puzzles in the Data on Early Settlement BOX 3.1 ISSUES AND DEBATES: Why Is the Kennewick Case So Significant? Paleoindian Adaptations Case Study: Sea Change: The Paleocoastal Occupations of Daisy Cave, Jon M. Erlandson Chapter 4: Foragers of the North Definition of the Areas The Environment Early Cultures EXHIBIT 4.1 CLUES TO THE PAST: Microblades Archaic Arctic Small Tool Tradition Later Cultures of the Arctic: Dorset, Norton, and Thule Later Cultures of the Subarctic Historic Period BOX 4.1 ISSUES AND DEBATES: How Far Did the Vikings Get? Case Study: From Sites to Social Evolution: The Study of Emergent Complexity in the Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska, Ben Fitzhugh Chapter 5: Paths to Complexity on the Northwest Coast Definition of the Area The Environment BOX 5.1 ISSUES AND DEBATES: How Many Old Scarred Trees Do We Need? Early Cultures Archaic Pacific Period EXHIBIT 5.1 CLUES TO THE PAST: Basketry and Cordage Modern Period Case Study: Archaeological/Anthropological-Native American Coordination: An Example of Sharing the Research on the Northwest Coast of North America, Rhonda Foster, Larry Ross, and Dale R. Croes Chapter 6: Rivers, Roots, and Rabbits: The Plateau Definition of the Area The Environment Early Cultures BOX 6.1 ISSUES AND DEBATES: Volcanoes and Human Settlement Middle Period EXHIBIT 6.1 CLUE