The Archaeology of Carrier Mills

The Archaeology of Carrier Mills
Author: Richard W. Jefferies
Publisher: SIU Press
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2013-10-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0809333066

Archaeological sites throughout southern Illinois provide a chronicle of the varying ways people have lived in that area during the past 10,000 years. This book focuses on the results of a five-year archaeological investigation in a 143-acre area known as the Carrier Mills Archaeological District. This area, rich in archaeological treasures, offers many keys to the prehistoric people of southern Illinois. Archaeologists in this study have sought to learn the ages of the various prehistoric occupations represented at the sites; to better understand the technology and social organization of these prehistoric people; to collect information about diet, health, and physical characteristics of the prehistoric inhabitants; and to investigate the remains of the 19th-century Lakeview settlement.

Archaic Societies

Archaic Societies
Author: Thomas E. Emerson
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 895
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 143842700X

Essential overview of American Indian societies during the Archaic period across central North America.

Holocene Hunter-Gatherers of the Lower Ohio River Valley

Holocene Hunter-Gatherers of the Lower Ohio River Valley
Author: Richard Jefferies
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2008
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0817355413

Holocene Hunter-Gatherers of the Lower Ohio River Valley addresses the approximately 7,000 years of the prehistory of eastern North America, termed the Archaic Period by archaeologists.

Current Paleoethnobotany

Current Paleoethnobotany
Author: Christine A. Hastorf
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 249
Release: 1988
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0226318931

A full discussion of the major stages and problems of paleoethnobotanical research, from designing and testing equipment to quantification and interpretation. Combining case studies and theoretical discussions, the volume explores a wide range of issues relevant to collecting, analyzing, and interpreting plant remains to provide accurate information about past human societies. Contributors offer data on specific regions as well as more general background information on the basic techniques of paleoethnobotany for the nonspecialist. Cloth ed. ($24.95) not seen. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America

Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America
Author: Guy E. Gibbon
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 1024
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780815307259

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Mississippian Political Economy

Mississippian Political Economy
Author: Jon Muller
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2013-11-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1489918469

This ambitious work offers a coherent and comprehensive look at the material conditions underlying and stimulating political development in southeastern North America during the Mississippian period. After introducing theoretical issues, Muller addresses reproduction, production, distribution, and consumption within their social and material contexts. Examined through the lens of the production, distribution, and consumption of prestige and staple goods, a profoundly domestic, though significantly differentiated, Mississippian political economy emerges. This study's broad synthetic view ensures that neither environment nor ideology are overemphasized. A fine statement of an important theoretical position, the volume features considerable graphic and tabular presentation of data.

Native American Interactions

Native American Interactions
Author: Michael S. Nassaney
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Total Pages: 422
Release: 1995
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780870498954

While the early cultural clashes between Native Americans and Europeans have long engaged scholars, far less attention has been paid to interactions among indigenous peoples themselves prior to the contact period. The essays in this volume, derived largely from the 1992 meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, mark a major step in correcting that imbalance. Long before Europeans sailed west in search of the East, Native Americans of various ethnic groups were encountering each other and interacting socially, both amicably and otherwise. Over the course of ten thousand years - from Paleoindian to Mississippian times - these interactions had a profound effect on the historical development of these societies and their material culture, social relations, and institutions of integration. In probing such encounters, the contributors reject reductive models and instead combine a variety of theoretical orientations - including world systems theory, Marxist analysis, and ecosystems approaches - with empirical evidence from the archaeological record.

Corey Village and the Cayuga World

Corey Village and the Cayuga World
Author: Jack Rossen
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2015-08-27
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0815653344

The Cayuga are one of the original five nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, a powerful alliance of Native American tribes in the Northeast, inhabiting much of the land in what is now central New York State. When their nation was destroyed in the Sullivan–Clinton campaign of 1779, the Cayuga endured 200 years of displacement. As a result, relatively little is known about the location, organization, or ambience of their ancestral villages. Perched on a triangular finger of land against steep cliffs, the sixteenth-century village of Corey represents a rare source of knowledge about the Cayuga past, transforming our understanding of how this nation lived. In Corey Village and the Cayuga World, Rossen collects data from archaeological investigations of the Corey site, including artifacts that are often neglected, such as nonprojectile lithics and ground stone. In contrast with the conventional narrative of a population in constant warfare, analysis of the site’s structure and materials suggests a peaceful landscape, including undefended settlements, free movement of people, and systematic trade and circulation of goods. These findings lead to a broad summary of Cayuga archaeological research, shedding new light on the age of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the role of the Cayuga in the American Revolution. Beyond the comprehensive analysis of artifacts, the Corey site excavation is significant for its commitment to the practice of "indigenous archaeology," in which Native wisdom, oral history, collaboration, and participation are integral to the research.