Author: Eugene M. Futato
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Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Archaeological Investigations at Shell Bluff and White Springs, Two Late Woodland Sites in the Tombigbee River Multi-Resource District
Author: Eugene M. Futato
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The Woodland Southeast
Author: David G. Anderson
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817311378
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 697
Book Description
This collection presents, for the first time, a much-needed synthesis of the major research themes and findings that characterize the Woodland Period in the southeastern United States. The Woodland Period (ca. 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1000) has been the subject of a great deal of archaeological research over the past 25 years. Researchers have learned that in this approximately 2000-year era the peoples of the Southeast experienced increasing sedentism, population growth, and organizational complexity. At the beginning of the period, people are assumed to have been living in small groups, loosely bound by collective burial rituals. But by the first millennium A.D., some parts of the region had densely packed civic ceremonial centers ruled by hereditary elites. Maize was now the primary food crop. Perhaps most importantly, the ancient animal-focused and hunting-based religion and cosmology were being replaced by solar and warfare iconography, consistent with societies dependent on agriculture, and whose elites were increasingly in competition with one another. This volume synthesizes the research on what happened during this era and how these changes came about while analyzing the period's archaeological record. In gathering the latest research available on the Woodland Period, the editors have included contributions from the full range of specialists working in the field, highlighted major themes, and directed readers to the proper primary sources. Of interest to archaeologists and anthropologists, both professional and amateur, this will be a valuable reference work essential to understanding the Woodland Period in the Southeast.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817311378
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 697
Book Description
This collection presents, for the first time, a much-needed synthesis of the major research themes and findings that characterize the Woodland Period in the southeastern United States. The Woodland Period (ca. 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1000) has been the subject of a great deal of archaeological research over the past 25 years. Researchers have learned that in this approximately 2000-year era the peoples of the Southeast experienced increasing sedentism, population growth, and organizational complexity. At the beginning of the period, people are assumed to have been living in small groups, loosely bound by collective burial rituals. But by the first millennium A.D., some parts of the region had densely packed civic ceremonial centers ruled by hereditary elites. Maize was now the primary food crop. Perhaps most importantly, the ancient animal-focused and hunting-based religion and cosmology were being replaced by solar and warfare iconography, consistent with societies dependent on agriculture, and whose elites were increasingly in competition with one another. This volume synthesizes the research on what happened during this era and how these changes came about while analyzing the period's archaeological record. In gathering the latest research available on the Woodland Period, the editors have included contributions from the full range of specialists working in the field, highlighted major themes, and directed readers to the proper primary sources. Of interest to archaeologists and anthropologists, both professional and amateur, this will be a valuable reference work essential to understanding the Woodland Period in the Southeast.
Conservation Biology and Applied Zooarchaeology
Author: Steve Wolverton
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816521131
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Until now, the research of applied zooarchaeologists has not had a significant impact on the work of conservation scientists. This book is designed to show how zooarchaeology can productively inform conservation science. Conservation Biology and Applied Zooarchaeology offers a set of case studies that use animal remains from archaeological and paleontological sites to provide information that has direct implications for wildlife management and conservation biology. It introduces conservation biologists to zooarchaeology, a sub-field of archaeology and ethnobiology, and provides a brief historical account of the development of applied zooarchaeology. The case studies, which utilize palaeozoological data, cover a variety of animals and environments, including the marine ecology of shellfish and fish, potential restoration sites for Sandhill Cranes, freshwater mussel biogeography and stream ecology, conservation of terrestrial mammals such as American black bears, and even a consideration of the validity of the Pleistocene “rewilding” movement. The volume closes with an important new essay on the history, value, and application of applied zooarchaeology by R. Lee Lyman, which updates his classic 1996 paper that encouraged zooarchaeologists to apply their findings to present-day environmental challenges. Each case study provides detailed analysis using the approaches of zooarchaeology and concludes with precise implications for conservation biology. Essays also address issues of political and social ecology, which have frequently been missing from the discussions of conservation scientists. As the editors note, all conservation actions occur in economic, social, and political contexts. Until now, however, the management implications of zooarchaeological research have rarely been spelled out so clearly.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816521131
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Until now, the research of applied zooarchaeologists has not had a significant impact on the work of conservation scientists. This book is designed to show how zooarchaeology can productively inform conservation science. Conservation Biology and Applied Zooarchaeology offers a set of case studies that use animal remains from archaeological and paleontological sites to provide information that has direct implications for wildlife management and conservation biology. It introduces conservation biologists to zooarchaeology, a sub-field of archaeology and ethnobiology, and provides a brief historical account of the development of applied zooarchaeology. The case studies, which utilize palaeozoological data, cover a variety of animals and environments, including the marine ecology of shellfish and fish, potential restoration sites for Sandhill Cranes, freshwater mussel biogeography and stream ecology, conservation of terrestrial mammals such as American black bears, and even a consideration of the validity of the Pleistocene “rewilding” movement. The volume closes with an important new essay on the history, value, and application of applied zooarchaeology by R. Lee Lyman, which updates his classic 1996 paper that encouraged zooarchaeologists to apply their findings to present-day environmental challenges. Each case study provides detailed analysis using the approaches of zooarchaeology and concludes with precise implications for conservation biology. Essays also address issues of political and social ecology, which have frequently been missing from the discussions of conservation scientists. As the editors note, all conservation actions occur in economic, social, and political contexts. Until now, however, the management implications of zooarchaeological research have rarely been spelled out so clearly.
Mississippi Archaeology
Author:
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Bulletin
Southeastern Archaeology
Author:
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Bulletin - Alabama Museum of Natural History
Author: Alabama Museum of Natural History
Publisher:
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Big Sandy Farms
Author: Hal Blaine Ensor
Publisher:
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Category : Big Sandy Farms Site (Ala.)
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Big Sandy Farms Site (Ala.)
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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William B. Bankhead National Forest
Author: Eugene M. Futato
Publisher:
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Category : Cultural property
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cultural property
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
FAUNMAP
Author: Russell W. Graham
Publisher:
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description