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The AmericasWhen ordering, please quote the reference number 344 - 09The Florence Street Siteby Thomas E. Emerson, George R. Milner, andDouglas K JacksonThis was a multi-component site that included a13th century Mississippian charnel house andcemetery and a catastrophically-buried EarlyWoodland component. The total excavation thiscemetery provided additional information on13th century Mississippian burial practices, healthand social organization. The Early Woodlandoccupation contained extensive midden depositsas well as hearths and pits. These cultural features,along with the grog-tempered ceramics andcontracting stem points, formed the basis forthe definition of the Florence phase (300-500BC). This phase has its closest connections tocontemporaneous cultures in the Mid-south.353p, 117 illus (Illinois Transportation ArchaeologicalResearch Program 1983, FAI-270 Series) paperback,9780252010644, $17.00. Reduced to $5.98Ancient Southwestern CommunityModels and Methods for the Studyof Prehistoric Social Organizationedited by W H Wills and Robert D LeonardCollection of papers from the “PrehistoricCommunity Dynamics” symposium held inAlbuquerque (NM) in 1990.272p (University of New Mexico Press 1994) hardback,9780826314765, $45.00. Reduced to $9.98The Serpent and the Sacred FireFertility Images in Southwestern Rock Artby Dennis SliferExploring and illustrating many examples of bothpetroglyphs and pictographs, Dennis Slifer looksat some of the major themes within the rock arttraditions, focusing primarily on fertility, sexuality,death and regeneration, of humans, animals andthe natural world.208p, 20 col pls, 308 b/w illus (University of NewMexico Press 2000) paperback, 9780890133477,$16.95. Reduced to $7.98Cahokia Moundsby Timothy R Pauketat and Nancy Stone BernardJust a few miles west of Collinsville, Illinois liesthe remains of the most sophisticated prehistoricnative civilization north of Mexico. CahokiaMounds explores the history behind this buriedAmerican city inhabited from about AD 700 to1400.48p, 34 col & 11 b/w illus (Oxford University Press2004) paperback, 9780195158106, $22.95.Reduced to $7.98American MonsterHow the Nation’s First PrehistoricCreature Became a Symbol ofNational Identityby Paul SemoninIn 1801, the first complete mastodon skeletonwas excavated in the Hudson River Valley. PaulSemonin’s lively history of this icon of Americannationalism focuses on the link between patriotismand prehistoric nature.502p (New York University Press 2000) hardback,9780814781203, $55.00. Reduced to $9.98The Great Rift Valleys of Pangea inEastern North AmericaVolume II: Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, andPaleontologyby Peter M LeTourneau and Paul E OlsenThe breakup of the Pangean supercontinentin the Triassic-Jurassic age left great rift basinscontaining an extraordinary record of the physicaland biological conditions which precipitated amajor extinction event at the time. These basinscollectively form a rift province called the CentralAtlantic Margin (CAM), which spans more than45 degrees of paleolatitude and records over 35million years of Earth history. Leading expertsLeTourneau and Olsen present a detailed reviewof the rift province’s geology, paleobiology, andgeophysics. This data is very important for currentinvestigators interested in climate and biotic changeand important to topics as diverse as extensionaltectonics, astronomical forcing of climate, theevolution of early mammals, and the appearanceand diversification of dinosaurs. Volume 2 coversthe sedimentary rocks, stratigraphic architecture,early dinosaur and reptile footprints, andvertebrate fossils of CAM.248p (Columbia University Press 2003) hardback,9780231126762, $112.00. Reduced to $19.98The Prehistory of Coloradoand Adjacent Areasby Tammy StoneBased on the archaeological record, this bookreconstructs past lifeways using current theory andexplanations. Using a regional, rather than sitespecificapproach, it presents current explanationsof what prehistoric Coloradans did at variouspoints in time and why they changed.224p (University of Utah Press 1999) paperback,9780874805789, $17.50. Reduced to $6.98Prehistoric Peoples of SouthFloridaby William E McGounSouth Florida’s peoples were distinct from those tothe north and were less studied by scholars. Thisvolume assembles the available knowledge anddiscusses competing theories, and does so in termsthat are understandable to the general reader.152p (University of Alabama Press 2003) paperback,9780817306861, $19.95. Reduced to $7.98Prehistoric Occupation Patterns inSouthwest Wyoming and CulturalRelationships with the Great Basinand Plains Cultural Areasby Floyd W Sharrock215p, 97 illus (University of Utah Press 1994)paperback, 9780874801446, $17.50. Reduced to $6.98Newberry CraterA Ten-Thousand-Year Record of HumanOccupation and Environmental Changein the Basin-Plateau Borderlandsby Thomas J Connolly287p (University of Utah Press 1999, AnthropologicalPapers) paperback, 9780874805741, $34.50.Reduced to $9.98Photo of an engraved shell gorget with S.E.C.C.imagery from Spiro Mounds OklahomaThe Westo IndiansSlave Traders of the Early Colonial Southby Eric E BowneThis volume reproduces excerpts from all 19documents that indisputably reference the Westos,although the Europeans referred to them by avariety of names. Most of the information waswritten by Lords Proprietors who never met theWestos or by a handful of Carolinians who did.But the author is able to chart a highly plausiblehistory of this Native group who, for a period,thrived on the southern frontier.160p (University of Alabama Press 2005) paperback,9780817351786, $24.95. Reduced to $9.98Biocultural Histories in La FloridaA Bioarchaeological Perspectiveby Christopher StojanowskiThis book examines the effects of the Spanishmission system on population structure andgenetic variability in indigenous communitiesliving in northern Florida and southern Georgiaduring the 16th and 17th centuries.256p (University of Alabama Press 2005) paperback,9780817352677, $29.95. Reduced to $9.98Household Choresand Household ChoicesTheorizing the Domestic Sphere in HistoricalArchaeologyby Kerri S Barile and Jamie C BrandonThis volume examines a broad range of households– a Spanish colonial rancho along the Rio Grande,Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage in Tennessee,plantations in South Carolina and the Bahamas,a Colorado coal camp, a frontier Arkansas farm, aFreedman’s Town eventually swallowed by Dallas,and plantations across the South – to define andtheorize domestic space.328p (University of Alabama Press 2004) paperback,9780817350987, $34.95. Reduced to $9.98Cultural and EnvironmentalHistory of Cienega Valley,Southeastern Arizonaby Frank W Eddy62p (University of Arizona Press 1984) paperback,9780816508303, $12.95. Reduced to $4.98The David Brown Book Co. 16 www.oxbowbooks.com — toll-free 1-800-791-9354