Author: Dan ScurlockPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
An Assessment of the Archeological Resources of Padre Island National Seashore, Texas
Author: Dan ScurlockPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Padre Island National Seashore, Proposed Master Plan
Author: Land of the Tejas
Author: John Wesley ArnnPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292768060
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Combining archaeological, historical, ethnographic, and environmental data, Land of the Tejas represents a sweeping, interdisciplinary look at Texas during the late prehistoric and early historic periods. Through this revolutionary approach, John Wesley Arnn reconstructs Native identity and social structures among both mobile foragers and sedentary agriculturalists. Providing a new methodology for studying such populations, Arnn describes a complex, vast, exotic region marked by sociocultural and geographical complexity, tracing numerous distinct peoples over multiple centuries. Drawing heavily on a detailed analysis of Toyah (a Late Prehistoric II material culture), as well as early European documentary records, an investigation of the regional environment, and comparisons of these data with similar regions around the world, Land of the Tejas examines a full scope of previously overlooked details. From the enigmatic Jumano Indian leader Juan Sabata to Spanish friar Casanas's 1691 account of the vast Native American Tejas alliance, Arnn's study shines new light on Texas's poorly understood past and debunks long-held misconceptions of prehistory and history while proposing a provocative new approach to the process by which we attempt to reconstruct the history of humanity.
Subject Catalog
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
North Padre Island Storm Damage Reduction and Environmental Restoration Project, Nueces County
Author: Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Channel Improvement Project, Feasilibility Report
Author: Maintenance Dredging of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Laguna Madre, Nueces, Kleberg, Kenedy, Willacy and Cameron Counties
Author: Bibliographic Guide to Government Publications
Author: New York Public Library. Research LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
International Handbook of Underwater Archaeology
Author: Carol V. RuppePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461505356
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Although underwater archaeology has assumed its rightful place as an important subdiscipline in the field, the published literature has not kept pace with the rapid increase in the number of both prehistoric and historic underwater sites. The editors have assembled an internationally distinguished roster of contributors to fill this gap. The book presents geographical and topical approaches, and focuses on technology, law, public and private institutional roles and goals, and the research and development of future technologies and public programs.
The Archaeology of Maritime Landscapes
Author: Ben FordPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1441982108
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Maritime cultural landscapes are collections of submerged archaeological sites, or combinations of terrestrial and submerged sites that reflect the relationship between humans and the water. These landscapes can range in size from a single beach to an entire coastline and can include areas of terrestrial sites now inundated as well as underwater sites that are now desiccated. However, what binds all of these sites together is the premise that each aspect of the landscape –cultural, political, environmental, technological, and physical – is interrelated and can not be understood without reference to the others. In this maritime cultural landscape approach, individual sites are treated as features within the larger landscape and the interpretation of single sites add to a larger analysis of a region or culture. This approach provides physical and theoretical links between terrestrial and underwater archaeology as well as prehistoric and historic archaeology; consequently, providing a framework for integrating such diverse topics as trade, resource procurement, habitation, industrial production, and warfare into a holistic study of the past. Landscape studies foster broader perspectives and approaches, extending the study of maritime cultures beyond the shoreline. Despite this potential, the archaeological study of maritime landscapes is a relatively untried approach with many questions regarding the methods and perspectives needed to effectively analyze these landscapes. The chapters in this volume, which include contributions from the United States, the United Kingdom, Norway, and Australia, address many of the theoretical and methodological questions surrounding maritime cultural landscapes. The authors comprise established scholars as well as archaeologists at the beginning of their careers, providing a healthy balance of experience and innovation. The chapters also demonstrate parity between method and theory, where the varying interpretations of culture and space are given equal weight with the challenges of investigating both wet and dry sites across large areas.