The Hot Springs Mammoth Site

The Hot Springs Mammoth Site
Author: Larry D. Agenbroad
Publisher:
Total Pages: 492
Release: 1994
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

A summary of ten years of research on the Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, South Dakota. Discusses geology, hydrology, and excavation of the site, paleoenvironment of the site, paleoecology and paleontology, site significance and future development. Includes b&w photos. --Publisher

The Horner Site

The Horner Site
Author: George C. Frison
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 605
Release: 2014-06-28
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1483299368

The Horner Site

The Casper Site

The Casper Site
Author: George C Frison
Publisher: Eliot Werner Publications/Percheron Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2013-12-31
Genre: History
ISBN:

George Frison's report on the 10,000-year-old Casper Site helped establish how large animal communal kill sites should be excavated, analyzed, and reported. With his background in ranching and hunting, Frison knows more about large animals than any other archaeologist. In The Casper Site Frison began to share that knowledge as well as the techniques of bone bed excavation; that, and the book's interdisciplinary approach, make it a landmark in paleoindian archaeology and faunal analysis. As Marcel Kornfeld writes in his new introduction, "One of Frison's outstanding contributions to Great Plains prehistory has been in the arena of bison studies and bone beds in particular, and Casper is one of its finest examples." Originally published by Academic Press in 1974. Praise from readers "The Casper site is one in a long tradition of bison procurement site studies by George Frison. This site typifies the use of the parabolic sand dune for bison trapping. The suite of analyses employed set the standard for kill site archaeology on the Plains and around the globe." Leland C. Bement, Oklahoma Archeological Survey "With astonishing fidelity the events of an ancient bison kill are uncovered from the rolling sands of Wyoming. That these remarkable events happened 10,000 years ago, and yet we see them so clearly today, is testimony to the skill of Frison and his team of researchers. A landmark publication." Jack W. Brink, Royal Alberta Museum "The brainchild of a remarkable archaeologist and a benchmark in integrative archaeological science, putting to work innovations in spatial analysis, experiments in technology and vertebrate taphonomy, hunter-gatherer ethnoarchaeology, geology, and zooarchaeology. One cannot help but sense the squeak of sand churned by desperate hooves when reading this classic study." Mary C. Stiner, University of Arizona

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.

Mammoths, Mastodonts, and Elephants

Mammoths, Mastodonts, and Elephants
Author: Gary Haynes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 430
Release: 1991
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780521456913

This study uses the ecology and behaviour of modern elephants to create models for reconstructing the life and death of extinct mammoths and mastodons.

North American Projectile Points

North American Projectile Points
Author: Wm Jack Hranicky
Publisher: Author House
Total Pages: 567
Release: 2014-06-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1496910664

Jack Hranicky is a retired U.S. Government contractor, but he has been involved with archaeology as a full-time passion for over 40 years. His main interest is the Paleo-Indian period; however, he has worked in all facets of American archaeology. He has published over 250 papers and over 35 books in archaeology with his most recent being a two-volume, 800-page, 10,000-artifact book on the material culture of Virginia. In Virginia, he is considered an expert on prehistoric stone tools and rockart. The prehistoric Spout Run Observatory site was investigated by him which dated 10,470 YBP. He has served as president of the Archeological Society of Virginia (ASV) and Eastern States Archeological Federation (ESAF), and been past chairman of the Alexandria Archaeology Commission in Virginia. He is a charter member of the Registry of Professional Archaeologists (RPA). And, since he joined the Archeological Society of Virginia (ASV) in 1966, he is its senior member. And finally, his major publication is Bipoints Before Clovis.

Megiddo V

Megiddo V
Author: Israel Finkelstein
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 1434
Release: 2013-06-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1646022009

This 3-volume set is the third in the series of final publications of the Megiddo Expedition (see Megiddo III: The 1992–1996 Seasons, 2000; Megiddo IV: The 1998–2002 Seasons, 2006). It reports the finds in the 2004–2008 seasons, with several references to the campaign of 2010. The main topics dealt with are: a final account of the Early Bronze Age cultic compound; excavations of the late Iron I layer in Area H and the Late Bronze II–III layers in Area K; report on the investigation of Schumacher’s Nordburg and Chamber f and its surroundings; the Late Bronze II–III, Iron I, and Iron IIA pottery of Megiddo; and a variety of microarchaeology studies.

Animal Husbandry in Ancient Israel

Animal Husbandry in Ancient Israel
Author: Aharon Sasson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2016-04-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1134903510

Animals have been used to human advantage for thousands of years. 'Animal Husbandry in Ancient Israel' presents an analysis of caprines and cattle husbandry in the Southern Levantine Bronze and Iron Age. The book employs key methodological approaches - comparative analysis, taphonomy, Geographic Information System spatial analysis, and ethnographic studies - to challenge prevalent views on the Southern Levantine ancient economy. 'Animal Husbandry in Ancient Israel' argues that the key concern of nomadic, rural and urban populations was survival - the common household maintained a self-sufficient economy - rather than profit, specialization or trade. The book will be of value to all those interested in the dynamic relationship between humans and animals in ancient Israel.