Prehistoric Exchange Systems in North America

Prehistoric Exchange Systems in North America
Author: Timothy G. Baugh
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total 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.

History of the Native People of Canada

History of the Native People of Canada
Author: James Vallière Wright
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Total Pages: 641
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772821454

Volume two examines such developments as the replacement of the earlier spearthrower by the bow and arrow, the introduction of pottery from the south, the importance of communal hunting of bison on the Plains, and the appearance of ranked societies on the West Coast.

Archaeological Geology of North America

Archaeological Geology of North America
Author: Norman P. Lasca
Publisher:
Total Pages: 656
Release: 1990
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

This volume covers the geological aspects of archaeology from both regional and topical perspectives in an attempt to reflect the diverse and heterogeneous nature of archaeological geology. of the 28 chapters, some are site-specific archaeological investigations that typify a variety of other sites. Others summarize the archaeological geology of re

BC Studies

BC Studies
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 676
Release: 1993
Genre: British Columbia
ISBN:

A History of the Native People of Canada

A History of the Native People of Canada
Author: James Vallière Wright
Publisher: Hull, Quebec : Canadian Museum of Civilization
Total Pages: 644
Release: 1995
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780660159522

This volume begins with the spread of Ice Age hunters across a land mass that once joined Asia and North America at a time when most of the country was covered by glacial ice and when animals such as mammoth and sabre-toothed cats occupied the tundra and lichen woodlands.

Canadiana

Canadiana
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 2140
Release: 1983
Genre: Canada
ISBN:

Research Design for the Chief Joseph Dam Cultural Resources Project

Research Design for the Chief Joseph Dam Cultural Resources Project
Author: University of Washington. Office of Public Archaeology
Publisher:
Total Pages: 258
Release: 1984
Genre: Archaeological surveying
ISBN:

"This document summarizes the research goals and strategy of intensive data recovery performed by the University of Washington Office of Public Archaeology at the Chief Joseph Dam Project in north-central Washington state, 1978-1985. ... The introductory chapter discusses the scientific and humanistic concerns which guide cultural resource management for the project and the specific objectives of this phase of data recovery. Background information on the environment, Native American inhabitants and previous archaeological work in the area is provided in three separate chapters. The remainder of the report emphasizes strategic and tactical decisions made in data collection and analysis. The method of site selection, the sampling designs used at individual sites, and the excavation techniques used are reported"--Page iii.

Names and Dates

Names and Dates
Author: Knut R. Fladmark
Publisher: Burnaby, B.C. : Archaeology Press, Simon Fraser University
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1997
Genre: Reference
ISBN: