Search Results for archaeology

...Matthew Rockmore By Alessandro Pezzati. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2002. 112 pages, readings, index, 65 halftones,map. $29.95 cloth.) By Elin Danien. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2002...

... them well both in the past and the present. Olmec Art and Archaeology in Mesoamerica. Edited by John E. Clark and Mary E. Pye. (Washington, dc: National Gallery of Art, 2000. 344 pp., figures, tables, bibliographies. $50.00...

... Reviews existing archaeological collections with results from a five-year​ excavation program at the Townley-​Read site, Seneca Restoration provides a model for scholars seeking to integrate old and new bodies of evidence. Seneca Restoration is empirically rigorous, bringing...

...Lawrence H. Robbins Pioneering research in the Holocene archaeology of Lake Turkana contributed significantly to the development of broader issues in the prehistory of Africa, including the aquatic civilization model and the initial spread of domesticated livestock in East Africa. These topics...

...Robert M. Hill, II Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Iximché. By C. Roger Nance, Stephen L. Whittington, and Barbara E. Borg. (Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2003. xxiv + 407 pp., foreword, 157 black-and-white illustrations, 4 maps, 80 tables, 5 appendixes, notes, bibliography, index...

...Terry Rugeley Unconquered Lacandon Maya: Ethnohistory and Archaeology of Indigenous Culture Change. By Joel W. Palka. (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2005. 292 pp., notes, appendix. $65.00 cloth.) American Society for Ethnohistory 2006 Book Reviews Cannibal Talk: The Man...

... history by excavating the rarely told impact of the Dutch in North America. Contributors to the volume use history and historical archaeological methods to flesh out Dutch primacy in European settlement of the northeastern territory they called New Netherland. Each chapter underscores that the Dutch...

... that reported on Coosa explorers described the chiefdom as one among many in what came to be called the Creek Confederacy. What had happened to Coosa? Marvin T. Smith has blended archaeology and ethnohistory to describe...

... Archaeology. By Gordon R. Willey and Philip Phillips. Edited by R. Lee Lyman and Michael J. O’Brien. (Tusca- loosa: University of Alabama Press, 2001. xiv + I-78 + 400 pp., preface, introduction, index. $29.95 paper...

...Steven Conn Excavating Nauvoo: The Mormons and the Rise of Historical Archaeology in America . By Benjamin C. Pykles . Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. ( Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press , 2018 . xxi + 389 pp., foreword, acknowledgments, editor’s introduction...

...Nicola Sharratt Reference Rosenfeld Silvana A. , and Bautista Stefanie L. 2017 . Rituals of the Past: Prehispanic and Colonial Case Studies in Andean Archaeology . Boulder : University of Colorado Press . Timely and ambitious, Rituals of the Past seeks to examine how...

... articles) that constitute the book’s focus. However, the book ranges more widely in time than the title indi- cates. Well-known scholars who span a variety of fields—archaeology, eth- nohistory, art history, and ethnography—make up the contributors, though most are archaeologists. The book thus places...

... became a minister. However, his manitou was his guiding spirit, and ultimately he went on to educate Americans in the spiritual teachings of Handsome Lake (76). Because he lacked an advanced degree in archaeology, he was unable to continue his promising ethnographic work, which came to a close...

...Dylan J. Clark Quintana Roo Archaeology. Edited by Justine M. Shaw and Jennifer P. Mathews. (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2005. vii + 264 pp., introduction, maps, bibliography, contributors, index. $50.00 cloth.) American Society for Ethnohistory 2007 Book Reviews New...

... and Missing Opportunities. New York History 84 : 5 -31. Van Zandt, Cynthia J. 2008 Brothers among Nations: The Pursuit of Intellectual Alliances in Early America, 1580-1660 . Oxford: Oxford University Press. Book Reviews Before Albany: An Archaeology of Native-Dutch Relations in the Capital...

... in Indian Territory. DOI 10.1215/00141801-2008-028 Archaeology of the Lower Muskogee Creek Indians, 1715–1836. By H. Thomas Foster II, with contributions by Mary Theresa Bonhage-Freund and Lisa O’Steen. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2007. xxii + 292pp., illustrations, maps...

..., but not always convincingly demonstrated. DOI 10.1215/00141801-2008-072 Subfloor Pits and the Archaeology of Slavery in Colonial Virginia. By Patricia M. Samford. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2007. vii + 232 pp., acknowledgments, introduction, illustrations, bibliography, index...

... a great example of how research into pre- and postcontact Native American populations should be conducted. Warrick skillfully incorporates several independent lines of evidence—ethnohis- toric, archaeological, paleodemographic, and oral history—to tell the story of Wendat-Tionontaté...

... American and European interaction. The introductory chapter, which discusses the variety of data sets avail- able for understanding the historical past, including texts, images, material culture, and other archaeological data, is extremely useful as an introduc- tion to this field for students...

... are challenging, rich in detail and complex analysis, and contribute to a deeper understanding of the Andean past. DOI 10.1215/00141801-2009-074 The Archaeology of Colonial Encounters: Comparative Perspectives. Edited by Gil J. Stein, School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series...