The Hiscock Site

Author : Richard S. Laub
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231556624
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Two Acres of Time written by Richard S. Laub and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1959, what appeared to be the bones of a mastodon were found in a western New York pasture. When researchers began to investigate further in the early 1980s, the site proved to hold far more. Known as the Hiscock Site, it contained an astonishingly rich trove of fossils and artifacts dating from the late Ice Age through the onset of European settlement. For nearly three decades, work at the site—the “Byron Dig”—unearthed new evidence of changing fauna, flora, cultures, and environments over the past 13,000 years. In Two Acres of Time, Richard S. Laub—the principal investigator of the project—tells the story of the Byron Dig. Recounting twenty-nine years of intensive excavation involving more than a thousand participants, he provides a comprehensive account of a working paleontological and archaeological field project and its contributions to our knowledge of the past. Laub explores how understanding of the site evolved through the years, the surprises that came to light along the way, and how contributions from numerous researchers helped achieve a fuller picture of the significance of the findings. The book also shows how people from all walks of life—not only scientists but also volunteers and local small-town residents—worked together to unearth and interpret the site’s contents and to preserve them for future generations. This extensively illustrated book connects life at a scientific excavation project to the grand sweep of long-ago epochs, and is a compelling read and resource for researchers and general readers alike.

Author : Peter N. Peregrine
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780306462603
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Prehistory written by Peter N. Peregrine and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-12-31 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Prehistory represents temporal dimension. Major traditions are an attempt to provide basic information also defined by a somewhat different set of on all archaeologically known cultures, sociocultural characteristics than are eth covering the entire globe and the entire nological cultures. Major traditions are prehistory of humankind. It is designed as defined based on common subsistence a tool to assist in doing comparative practices, sociopolitical organization, and research on the peoples of the past. Most material industries, but language, ideology, of the entries are written by the world's and kinship ties play little or no part in foremost experts on the particular areas their definition because they are virtually and time periods. unrecoverable from archaeological con The Encyclopedia is organized accord texts. In contrast, language, ideology, and ing to major traditions. A major tradition kinship ties are central to defining ethno is defined as a group of populations sharing logical cultures.

Author : Richard Michael Gramly
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538186977
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guide to Palaeolithic Artifacts and Features of the Americas written by Richard Michael Gramly and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-07-17 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide to Palaeolithic Artifacts and Features of the Americas is the go-to reference for stone, bone, antler, ivory, and wooden artifacts of the Palaeolithic era in the Americas. Written by Ricard Michael Gramly, an expert in the field, this book canvases a century of archaeological literature and scholarship and includes over 150 images to clearly and efficiently classify the artifacts discussed. Each artifact includes all the terms and synonyms by which it is classified, a visual depiction of the artifact, and the time period in which the artifact occurred in. Combining both Old and New World technologies, typologies and practices, this book is a must-have compilation for professional and amateur archaeologists, collectors of Palaeolithic artifacts, and the casual reader interested in the history of the Americas.

Author : Richard S. Laub
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hiscock Site : Late Pleistocene and Holocene Paleoecology and Archaeology of Western New York State written by Richard S. Laub and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Hiscock
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134304404
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Archaeology of Ancient Australia written by Peter Hiscock and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-12-12 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Hiscock presents an introduction to the archaeology of Australia from prehistoric times to the 18th century AD.

Author : Gary Haynes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521524636
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Early Settlement of North America written by Gary Haynes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-11-14 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Early Settlement of North America is an examination of the first recognisable culture in the New World: the Clovis complex. Gary Haynes begins his analysis with a discussion of the archaeology of Clovis fluted points in North America and a review of the history of the research on the topic. He presents and evaluates all the evidence that is now available on the artefacts, the human populations of the time, and the environment, and he examines the adaptation of the early human settlers in North America to the simultaneous disappearance of the mammoths and mastodonts. Haynes offers a compelling re-appraisal of our current state of knowledge about the peopling of this continent and provides a significant new contribution to the debate with his own integrated theory of Clovis, which incorporates vital new biological, ecological, behavioural and archaeological data.

Author : Claude Chapdelaine
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1603448055
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Late Pleistocene Archaeology and Ecology in the Far Northeast written by Claude Chapdelaine and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-22 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Far Northeast, a peninsula incorporating the six New England states, New York east of the Hudson, Quebec south of the St. Lawrence River and Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the Maritime Provinces, provided the setting for a distinct chapter in the peopling of North America. Late Pleistocene Archaeology and Ecology in the Far Northeast focuses on the Clovis pioneers and their eastward migration into this region, inhospitable before 13,500 years ago, especially in its northern latitudes. Bringing together the last decade or so of research on the Paleoindian presence in the area, Claude Chapdelaine and the contributors to this volume discuss, among other topics, the style variations in the fluted points left behind by these migrating peoples, a broader disparity than previously thought. This book offers not only an opportunity to review new data and interpretations in most areas of the Far Northeast, including a first glimpse at the Cliche-Rancourt Site, the only known fluted point site in Quebec, but also permits these new findings to shape revised interpretations of old sites. The accumulation of research findings in the Far Northeast has been steady, and this timely book presents some of the most interesting results, offering fresh perspectives on the prehistory of this important region.

Author : David G. Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Archeological Investigations at Shiloh Indian Mounds National Historic Landmark (40HR7) written by David G. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Cary Mock
Publisher : Newnes
ISBN 13 : 0444536426
Total Pages : 3883 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science written by Cary Mock and published by Newnes. This book was released on 2013-03-25 with total page 3883 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second revised edition of the Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, Four Volume Set, provides both students and professionals with an up-to-date reference work on this important and highly varied area of research. There are lots of new articles, and many of the articles that appeared in the first edition have been updated to reflect advances in knowledge since 2006, when the original articles were written. The second edition will contain about 375 articles, written by leading experts around the world. This major reference work is richly illustrated with more than 3,000 illustrations, most of them in colour. Research in the Quaternary sciences has advanced greatly in the last 10 years, especially since topics like global climate change, geologic hazards and soil erosion were put high on the political agenda. This second edition builds upon its award-winning predecessor to provide the reader assured quality along with essential updated coverage Contains 357 broad-ranging articles (4310 pages) written at a level that allows undergraduate students to understand the material, while providing active researchers with a ready reference resource for information in the field. Facilitates teaching and learning The first edition was regarded by many as the most significant single overview of Quaternary science ever, yet Editor-in-Chief, Scott Elias, has managed to surpass that in this second edition by securing even more expert reviews whilst retaining his renowned editorial consistency that enables readers to navigates seamlessly from one unfamiliar topic to the next

Author : Society for Archaeological Sciences (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 732 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journal of Archaeological Science written by Society for Archaeological Sciences (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: