Directions in Manitoba Prehistory

Directions in Manitoba Prehistory
Author: Leo Pettipas
Publisher: Manitoba Archaeological Society
Total Pages: 400
Release: 1980
Genre: Indians of North America
ISBN:

Collected papers dealing with contemporary problems and issues relevant to the archaeology and prehistory of Manitoba.

Understanding Stone Tools and Archaeological Sites

Understanding Stone Tools and Archaeological Sites
Author: Brian Patrick Kooyman
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2000
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780826323330

Covers manufacturing techniques, lithic types and materials, reduction strategies and techniques, worldwide lithic technology, production variables, meaning of form, and usewear and residue analysis.

History in the Making

History in the Making
Author: Donald H. Holly
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2013-10-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0759120242

The Eastern Subarctic has long been portrayed as a place without history. Challenging this perspective, History in the Making: The Archaeology of the Eastern Subarctic charts the complex and dynamic history of this little known archaeological region of North America. Along the way, the book explores the social processes through which native peoples “made” history in the past and archaeologists and anthropologists later wrote about it. As such, the book offers both a critical history and historiography of the Eastern Subarctic.

Late Palaeo-Indian Great Lakes

Late Palaeo-Indian Great Lakes
Author: Lawrence J. Jackson
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772821586

Articles by prominent archaeologists and geological scientists shed new light on the late Palaeo-Indian cultures of the Great Lakes during a time of staggering environmental change and challenge, as the ice sheets retreated northward. The human response to the dramatic environmental upheaval produced unique cultural patterns, which we are just beginning to understand.

History of the Native People of Canada, Volume III (A.D. 500 – European Contact)

History of the Native People of Canada, Volume III (A.D. 500 – European Contact)
Author: James Vallière Wright
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 510
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772821462

Part 1 of the final volume of A History of the Native People of Canada treats eastern Canada and the southern Subarctic regions of the Prairies from A.D. 500 to European contact. It examines the association of archaeological sites with the Native peoples recorded in European documents and particularly the agricultural revolution of the Iroquoian people of the Lower Great Lakes and Upper St. Lawrence River. Part 2 was never completed, as the author passed away.

Geoarchaeology in the Great Plains

Geoarchaeology in the Great Plains
Author: Rolfe D. Mandel
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2000
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780806132617

Geoarchaeology is the application of geoscience to the study of archaeological deposits and the archaeological record. Employing techniques from pedology, geomorphology, sedimentology, geochronology, and stratigraphy, geoarchaeologists investigate and interpret sediments, soils and landforms at the focal points of archaeological research. Edited by Rolfe D. Mandel and with contributions by John Albanese, Joe Allen Artz, E. Arthur Bettis III, C. Reid Ferring, Vance T. Holliday, David W. May, and Mandel, this volume traces the history of all major projects, researchers, theoretical developments, and sites contributing to our geoarchaeological knowledge of North America's Great Plains. The book provides a historical overview and explores theoretical questions that confront geoarchaeologists working in the Great Plains, where North American geoarchaeology emerged as a discipline.

Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America

Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America
Author: Guy E. Gibbon
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1020
Release: 2022-01-26
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1136801790

First published in 1998. Did prehistoric humans walk to North America from Siberia? Who were the inhabitants of the spectacular Anasazi cliff dwellings in the Southwest and why did they disappear? Native Americans used acorns as a major food source, but how did they get rid of the tannic acid which is toxic to humans? How does radiocarbon dating work and how accurate is it? Written for the informed lay person, college-level student, and professional, Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America: An Encyclopedia is an important resource for the study of the earliest North Americans; including facts, theories, descriptions, and speculations on the ancient nomads and hunter-gathers that populated continental North America.

The Beaver Hills Country

The Beaver Hills Country
Author: Graham MacDonald
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1897425376

This book explores a relatively small, but interesting and anomalous, region of Alberta between the North Saskatchewan and the Battle Rivers. Ecological themes, such as climatic cycles, ground water availability, vegetation succession and the response of wildlife, and the impact of fires, shape the possibilities and provide the challenges to those who have called the region home or used its varied resources: Indians, Metis, and European immigrants.