Prehistory of North America
Title | Prehistory of North America PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Sutton |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 732 |
Release | 2015-12-22 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1317345223 |
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.
Prehistoric Exchange Systems in North America
Title | Prehistoric Exchange Systems in North America PDF eBook |
Author | Timothy G. Baugh |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 460 |
Release | 2013-03-14 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1475762313 |
In this unique volume, archaeologists examine the changing economic structure of trade in North America over a period of 6,000 years. Organined by geographical and chronological divisions, each chapter focuses on trade in one of nine regions from the Arachiac through the late prehistoric period. Each contribution explores neighboring areas to llustrate the complexity of North American exchange. By charting the econmic structure of these regions, archaeologists, economic anthropologists, and economic geographers gain greater insight into the dynamics of North American trade and exchange on a continental wide basis.
Decolonizing "prehistory"
Title | Decolonizing "prehistory" PDF eBook |
Author | Gesa Mackenthun |
Publisher | |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2021-05-04 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780816542291 |
Decolonizing "Prehistory"critically examines and challenges the paradoxical role that modern historical-archaeological scholarship plays in adding legitimacy to, but also delegitimizing, contemporary colonialist practices. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this volume empowers Indigenous voices and offers a nuanced understanding of the American deep past.
Across Atlantic Ice
Title | Across Atlantic Ice PDF eBook |
Author | Dennis J. Stanford |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0520275780 |
"Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story, mammal hunters entered the continent some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that spanned the Bering Sea and introduced the distinctive stone tools of the Clovis culture. Drawing from original archaeological analysis, paleoclimatic research, and genetic studies, noted archaeologists Dennis J. Stanford and Bruce A. Bradley challenge that narrative. Their hypothesis places the technological antecedents of Clovis technology in Europe, with the culture of Solutrean people in France and Spain more than 20,000 years ago, and posits that the first Americans crossed the Atlantic by boat and arrived earlier than previously thought."--Back cover.
Women in Prehistory
Title | Women in Prehistory PDF eBook |
Author | Cheryl Claassen |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Pages | 326 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780812216028 |
During the 1960s, scholars constructed a model of cultural evolution in which men cooperated in the hunting of big game while women gathered plant food, "immobilized" by pregnancy and childcare. The essays in Women in Prehistory challenge this model as they reconsider women's social and economic roles.
A Prehistory of South America
Title | A Prehistory of South America PDF eBook |
Author | Jerry D. Moore |
Publisher | University Press of Colorado |
Pages | 553 |
Release | 2014-07-09 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1492013323 |
A Prehistory of South America is an overview of the ancient and historic native cultures of the entire continent of South America based on the most recent archaeological investigations. This accessible, clearly written text is designed to engage undergraduate and begining graduate studens in anthropology. For more than 12,000 years, South American cultures ranged from mobile hunters and gatherers to rulers and residents of colossal cities. In the process, native South American societies made advancements in agriculture and economic systems and created great works of art—in pottery, textiles, precious metals, and stone—that still awe the modern eye. Organized in broad chronological periods, A Prehistory of South America explores these diverse human achievements, emphasizing the many adaptations of peoples from a continent-wide perspective. Moore examines the archaeologies of societies across South America, from the arid deserts of the Pacific coast and the frigid Andean highlands to the humid lowlands of the Amazon Basin and the fjords of Patagonia and beyond. Illustrated in full color and suitable for an educated general reader interested in the Precolumbian peoples of South America, A Prehistory of South America is a long overdue addition to the literature on South American archaeology.
Prehistory of North America
Title | Prehistory of North America PDF eBook |
Author | Jesse David Jennings |
Publisher | |
Pages | 391 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Indians of North America |
ISBN | 9780070324411 |