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The AmericasWhen ordering, please quote the reference number 344 - 09The Robinson’s Lake Siteby George R Milner, assisted by Kelly R Coxand Michael C MeinkothThis small Terminal Late Woodland (EmergentMississippian) hamlet, with 58 structures and pits,represents the only Merrell phase (AD 900-950)community plan excavated to date.225p, 60 illus (Illinois Transportation ArchaeologicalResearch Program 1984, FAI-270 Series) paperback,9780252010729, $12.00. Reduced to $4.98The Dohack Siteby Ann Brower StahlThis report details the results of investigationsat the Dohack site, which is the type site for theTerminal Late Woodland (Emergent Mississippian)Dohack phase (AD 800-850) in the AmericanBottom. Over one hundred features were excavatedrepresenting Late Woodland occupations.360p, 106 illus (Illinois Transportation ArchaeologicalResearch Program 1985, FAI-270 Series) paperback,9780252010743, $17.00. Reduced to $5.98The Carbon Dioxide Siteand The Robert Schneider Siteby Fred A Finney and Andrew C FortierThis analysis provides information about twocompletely excavated Mississippian farmsteadsthat are located at opposite ends of the AmericanBottom, one falling under the influence ofCahokia, the other in the domain of the Pulchermound group.313p, 44 illus (Illinois Transportation ArchaeologicalResearch Program 1985, FAI-270 Series) paperback,9780252010736, $15.00. Reduced to $4.98The Go-Kart North Siteand The Dyroff and Levin Sitesby Andrew C Fortier and Thomas E EmersonGo-Kart North represents the first major LateArchaic, Titterington phase base camp excavatedand dated in the American Bottom and issignificant for its impressive knife and projectilepoint assemblage. The several hundred featuresexcavated at the Dyroff-Levin sites represent partof an important terminal Late Archaic Prairie Lakephase base local.362p, 39 illus (Illinois Transportation ArchaeologicalResearch Program 1984, FAI-270 Series) paperback,9780252010712, $17.00. Reduced to $4.98The Fish Lake Siteby Andrew C Fortier, Richard B Lacampagneand Fred A FinneyA single component Patrick phase village withan early community structure, unique keyholestructures and a diverse material assemblagetypefying the Late woodland period of this area.242p, 73 illus (Illinois Transportation ArchaeologicalResearch Program 1984, FAI-270 Series) paperback,9780252010699, $12.00. Reduced to $4.98The Turner and DeMange Sitesby George R Milner243p, illus (Illinois Transportation ArchaeologicalResearch Program 1983, FAI-270 Series) paperback,9780252010668, $15.00. Reduced to $5.98The Julien Siteby George R Milner, assisted by Joyce AWilliamsOne of the premier examples of an excavatedMississippian dispersed village with a rural nodalcenter and its associated farmsteads.281p, 94 illus (Illinois Transportation ArchaeologicalResearch Program 1984, FAI-270 Series) paperback,9780252010705, $13.00. Reduced to $4.98The BBB Motor Siteby Thomas E EmersonA multi-component site containing a Terminal LateWoodland (Emergent Mississippian) linear hamletthat provided the type site for the Lindeman Phase(AD 950-1000) and the first excavated exampleof an early Mississippian temple, charnel house,and mortuary area with exotic materials includingspectacular stone figurines.413p, 106 illus (Illinois Transportation ArchaeologicalResearch Program 1984, FAI-270 Series) paperback,9780252010682, $19.00. Reduced to $5.98The Mund Siteby Andrew C Fortier, Fred A Finney and RichardB LacampagneThis is the type site in the American Bottom forboth the Late Woodland, Mund phase (AD 450-600) and the Middle Woodland Cement Hollowphase (150 BC-150 AD) This volume is a musthave for those interested in the detailed historyof the Middle to Late Woodland transition in theAmerican Bottom.431p, 128 illus (Illinois Transportation ArchaeologicalResearch Program 1983, FAI-270 Series) paperback,9780252010675, $19.00. Reduced to $7.98The Joyce Well SiteOn the Frontier of the Casas Grandes Worldedited by James SkiboContains Eugene McCluney’s 1963 report of hisexcavation of the pueblo at the remote Joyce Wellsite, plus all subsequent work done at the site.220p, 19 illus, 35 photos (University of Utah Press2002) paperback, 9780874807288, $35.00.Reduced to $9.98The Missouri Pacific #2 Siteby Dale L McElrath and Andrew C FortierThis analysis details the results of investigationsat the Missouri Pacific No. 2 site, one of the typesites for the American Bottom Late Archaic PrairieLake phase (1200-600 BC). Excavators discoverednearly nine hundred features associated with along-term Terminal Archaic occupation. In theAmerican Bottom such base locales appear tocluster around large meander lakes and suggestincreased populations and longer settlement useduring this period.255p, 74 illus (Illinois Transportation ArchaeologicalResearch Program 1983, FAI-270 Series) paperback,9780252010651, $13.00. Reduced to $5.98The Levee Site and the Knoll Siteby Gary F FryThe Fremont complex site reveals new forms ofmaterial culture and a more stable settlementbase than preceding Late Prehistoric and ArchaicHunter-Gatherer occupation in Utah.50p (University of Utah Press 1979) paperback,9780874801538, $15.00. Reduced to $4.98The Lower Mississippi ValleyExpeditions of Clarence BloomfieldMooreby Clarence B Moore, edited by Dan F Morseand Phyllis A MorseClarence Bloomfield Moore, a Victorian naturalscientist and adventurer, spent 25 yearsdocumenting archaeological sites along thewaterways in the southeastern United States.This volume is a collection of works that describedata from Moore’s investigations of the LowerMississippi valley.472p, illus (University of Alabama Press 1998)paperback, 9780817309497, $39.95.Reduced to $15.98Changing Perspectiveson the Archaeologyof the Central Mississippi Valleyedited by Michael J O’Brien and Robert CDunnellThe Mississippi Valley region has long playeda critical role in the development of Americanarchaeology and continues to be widely knownfor the major research of the early 1950s. To bringthe archaeological record up to date, fourteenCentral Valley experts address diverse topicsincluding the distribution of artifacts across thelandscape, internal configurations of large fortifiedsettlements, human-bone chemistry, and ceramictechnology.385p (University of Alabama Press 1998) paperback,9780817309091, $34.95. Reduced to $9.98Behind Painted WallsIncidents in Southwestern Archaeologyby Florence C ListerThis intriguing book tells the stories of theexcavation, restoration, and in some cases,destruction of some of the most interestingarchaeological sites in the Southwest. The five sitesdiscussed all contain Kiva wall paintings made byprehistoric peoples of the Colorado Plateau.168p (University of New Mexico Press 2000)paperback, 9780826321893, $19.95. Reduced to$7.98Looking Beneath the SurfaceThe Story of Archaeology in New Jerseyby R Alan MounierCombining facts with anecdotes, Mounier exploresthe history of archaeological investigations in thestate of New Jersey, what they have found andthose involved, both amateur and professional.261p, 80 b/w illus (Rutgers University Press 2003)paperback, 9780813531465, $22.00. Reduced to $7.98The David Brown Book Co. 14 www.oxbowbooks.com — toll-free 1-800-791-9354
When ordering, please quote the reference number 344 - 09The AmericasFrom Quarry to CornfieldThe Political Economy ofMississippian Hoe Productionby Charles R CobbExamines the political economy in Mississippiancommunities through a case study of raw materialprocurement and hoe production and usage atthe Mill Creek site on Dillow Ridge in southwestIllinois.257p (University of Alabama Press 2000) paperback,9780817310509, $34.95. Reduced to $9.98Inuit Artby Inge HesselA well illustrated exploration of the historicaland cultural context of Inuit art, and its place inInuit society right up to the present day. It looksat the themes and subjects depicted, techniques,material and regional styles in sculpture, drawing,printmaking and textiles, and at the work of theindividual artists.198p, 120 col & 25 b/w illus (British Museum Press1998) hardback, 9780714125459, $60.00.Reduced to $29.98Plants from the Pastby Leonard W Blake and Hugh C CutterTracing the development of the study of plantremains from archaeological sites, the volume givesarchaeologists access to previously unavailabledata and interpretations. It features the extensiveinventory “Plants from Archaeological SitesEast of the Rockies,” which serves as a referenceto archaeobotanical collections curated at theIllinois State Museum, and chapters dealing withprotohistory and early historic foodways and tradein the upper Midwest.200p (University of Alabama Press 2001) paperback,9780817310875, $29.95. Reduced to $9.98The Archaeology of Libertyin a American CapitalExcavations in Annapolisby Mark LeoneConsidering artifacts such as ceramics, spiritbundles, printer’s type, and landscapes, thisengaging, generously illustrated, and originalstudy illuminates the lives of the city’s residents– walking, seeing, reading, talking, eating, andliving together in freedom and in oppression formore than three hundred years.320p (University of California Press 2005) hardback,9780520244504, $41.95. Reduced to $12.98Dialogues in Cuban Archaeologyedited by L. Antonio Curet, Shanon Lee Dawdyand Gabino La Rosa CorzoProvides a politically and historically informedreview of Cuban archaeology, from both Americanand Cuban perspectives.264p (Alabama UP 2005) Hardback $55.00Reduced to $12.98Main Ridge Community at Lost CityVirgin Anasazi Architecture, Ceramics and Burialsby Margaret M LyneisFocuses on one of the sites investigated by MR Harrington in the 1920s, to carve out fromthe misleading connotations of “Lost City” aconcept of a site that was a community, MainRidge, and examines it for indications of its sizeand its organization, as well as evidence of socialdifferentiation among the buried population, andits involvement in production and exchange.96p, illus (University of Utah Press 1992) paperback,9780874804119, $25.00. Reduced to $12.98Beauty from the Earth:Pueblo Indian Pottery from the UniversityMuseum of Archaeology and Anthropologyby J.J. BrodyWell-illustrated catalogue of traveling exhibit.96p (University of Pennsylvania Museum Publication1990). Paperback $19.95 Reduced to $5.98Picture RocksAmerican Indian Rock Artin the Northeast Woodlandsby Edward J LenikThis study looks at examples of pictographs andpetroglyphs in the Canadian provinces of NovaScotia and New Brunswick as well as in NewEngland, New York and New Jersey.280p, 200 b/w illus (University Press of New England2003) paperback, 9781584651970, $24.95.Reduced to $9.98Objects of ChangeThe Archaeology and Historyof Arikara Contact with Europeansby J Daniel RogersThe author compares changes in Arikara artifactassemblages with known events and strategic socialshifts. This allows a series of artifact processes to beidentified, creating a linkage that may have wideapplication to the basic archaeological problem ofinterpreting material culture.317p (Smithsonian Institution Press 1990) hardback,9780874748406, $37.00. Reduced to $9.98Analysis of PrehistoricCoprolites from Utahby Gary F FryPrehistoric diet at sites like Danger Cave, an Archaicdwelling, is discussed in this environmental casestudy; a good example of ‘small things forgotten’.50p (University of Utah Press 1976, Utah AnthropologyPapers) paperback, 9780874801422, $10.00.Reduced to $3.98The Wolfe Creek site, AcHm-3A Prehistoric Neutral Frontier Community inSouthwestern Ontarioby Gary A M Foster85p (Ontario Archaeological Society 1990, Monographsin Ontario Archaeology) paperback, , $9.95.Reduced to $3.98Multidisciplinary Researchat Grasshopper Pueblo, Arizonaedited by William Longacre, Sally Holbrook andMichael GravesInterdisciplinary work on the reasons forMogollon aggregation c. 1250 AD, and subsequentabandonment of Grasshopper Pueblo c. 1400 AD.138p (University of Arizona Press 1982) paperback,9780816504251, $22.95. Reduced to $5.98The Survival of the Bark Canoeby John McPheeThis delightful book explores the mysteries of theconstruction of birch-bark canoes and the truecraftsmanship of the few individuals who carry onthe old tradition of Native American technology.144p (House of Lochar 2000) paperback,9781899863587, $20.00. Reduced to $7.98Lost WorldRewriting Prehistory: How NewScience Is Tracing America’s IceAge Marinersby Tom KoppelIn a captivating blend of extreme science andhistorical sleuthing, veteran journalist Tom Koppeltells the inside story of the quest to discover whofirst settled in the New World – and how andwhen they did it.320p, illus (Atria 2003) hardback, 9780743453578,$26.00. Reduced to $9.98Central California Coastal PrehistoryA View from Little Pico Creekby Terry L Jones and Georgie WaughReport on two sites in northern coastal SanLuis Obispo County, California, provides botha baseline for a synthesis of past data and adirection for future research into the prehistoryof the central coast. Effort is made to refine datingfor the site and to isolate temporal componentsby employing radiocarbon data, contemporaryshell-bead typological analysis, and an enhancedobsidian source and hydration sample. Torelate site findings to research issues of culturalchronology, subsistence, mobility, social structure,and exchange, faunal remains, human osteology,flaked stone residues, and formal artifacts werestudies intensively.192p (Cotsen Institute of Archaeology 1995)paperback, 9780917956836, $30.00. Reduced to$9.98The Archaeology of Kamloopsby Robert L Wilson and Catherine CarlsonThis report is concerned with archaeologicalexcavations in the south-central interior of BritishColumbia, in the vicinity of Kamloops. Theprincipal results of the research are the descriptionand incorporation of new archaeological data intoa cultural-historical synthesis for the Kamloopslocality.126p, 78 illus (Simon Fraser University 1980,Department of Archaeology Publication) paperback, ,$10.00.Reduced to $3.98The David Brown Book Co. 15 www.oxbowbooks.com — toll-free 1-800-791-9354
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