Author: Bernard K. Means
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817357181
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Beginning in March 1933 with the excavation of the Marksville mound site in Louisiana, and throughout the next decade, ordinary citizens labored in New Deal jobs programs and participated in archaeological excavations across the United States. Under the auspices of work relief programs, people were provided the opportunity to explore and document American Indian villages and mounds, important historic places, and homes associated with events and people critical to the foundation of the country.
Shovel Ready
Author: Bernard K. Means
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817357181
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Beginning in March 1933 with the excavation of the Marksville mound site in Louisiana, and throughout the next decade, ordinary citizens labored in New Deal jobs programs and participated in archaeological excavations across the United States. Under the auspices of work relief programs, people were provided the opportunity to explore and document American Indian villages and mounds, important historic places, and homes associated with events and people critical to the foundation of the country.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817357181
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Beginning in March 1933 with the excavation of the Marksville mound site in Louisiana, and throughout the next decade, ordinary citizens labored in New Deal jobs programs and participated in archaeological excavations across the United States. Under the auspices of work relief programs, people were provided the opportunity to explore and document American Indian villages and mounds, important historic places, and homes associated with events and people critical to the foundation of the country.
Introduction to Middle Missouri Archeology
Author: Donald Jayne Lehmer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A New Deal for Southeastern Archaeology
Author: Edwin A. Lyon
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817307915
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Utilizing primary sources that include correspondence and unpublished reports, Lyon demonstrates the great importance of the New Deal projects in the history of southeastern and North American archaeology. New Deal archaeology transformed the practice of archaeology in the Southeast and created the basis for the discipline that exists today.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817307915
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Utilizing primary sources that include correspondence and unpublished reports, Lyon demonstrates the great importance of the New Deal projects in the history of southeastern and North American archaeology. New Deal archaeology transformed the practice of archaeology in the Southeast and created the basis for the discipline that exists today.
Dam Projects and the Growth of American Archaeology
Author: Kimball M Banks
Publisher: Left Coast Press
ISBN: 1611321743
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
This book examines the profound impacts of the Smithsonian Institution's River Basin Surveys and the Interagency Archeological Salvage Program (1945-1969) on the development of American archaeology.
Publisher: Left Coast Press
ISBN: 1611321743
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
This book examines the profound impacts of the Smithsonian Institution's River Basin Surveys and the Interagency Archeological Salvage Program (1945-1969) on the development of American archaeology.
Digging for Dollars
Author: Paul Fagette
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780826345820
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Fagette's book is a thorough, compelling history of American archaeology in its most critical decade, the 1930s.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780826345820
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Fagette's book is a thorough, compelling history of American archaeology in its most critical decade, the 1930s.
Protecting the Past
Author: George S. Smith
Publisher: Springer
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Publisher: Springer
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Accidental Archaeologist
Author: Jesse David Jennings
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Opinionated, rough-edged, direct, and insightful, Jennings offers insight into twentieth century archaeology and entertains at the same time.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Opinionated, rough-edged, direct, and insightful, Jennings offers insight into twentieth century archaeology and entertains at the same time.
The Archeological and Paleontological Salvage Program in the Missouri Basin, 1950-1951
Author: Paul Lemen Cooper
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Archaeology on the Great Plains
Author: W. Raymond Wood
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
This synthesis of Great Plains archaeology brings together what is currently known about the inhabitants of the ancient Plains. The essays review the Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Woodland, and Plains Village peoples, providing information on technology, diet, settlement and adaptive patterns.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
This synthesis of Great Plains archaeology brings together what is currently known about the inhabitants of the ancient Plains. The essays review the Paleo-Indian, Archaic, Woodland, and Plains Village peoples, providing information on technology, diet, settlement and adaptive patterns.
Men Against Time
Author: Robert Silverberg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
In his discussions of digs at construction sites all over the United States, Mr. Silverberg reviews the latest archaeological methods and provides and intriguing look at American history and prehistory as seen through the unearthed relics of the past.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
In his discussions of digs at construction sites all over the United States, Mr. Silverberg reviews the latest archaeological methods and provides and intriguing look at American history and prehistory as seen through the unearthed relics of the past.