Wisconsin Archaeology

Author : Diane Young Holliday
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870203762
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Digging and Discovery written by Diane Young Holliday and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2006 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces young readers to Wisconsin's prehistoric and historic past, including the glacial times of the Paleo-Indians, Woodland era cultures, and French, British, and American settlers.

Author : Charles Edward Brown
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wisconsin Archeologist written by Charles Edward Brown and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert A. Birmingham
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN 13 : 0299313646
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indian Mounds of Wisconsin written by Robert A. Birmingham and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2017-10-04 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More mounds were built by ancient Native Americans in Wisconsin than in any other region of North America—between 15,000 and 20,000, at least 4,000 of which remain today. Most impressive are the effigy mounds, huge earthworks sculpted in the shapes of thunderbirds, water panthers, and other forms, not found anywhere else in the world in such concentrations. This second edition is updated throughout, incorporating exciting new research and satellite imagery. Written for general readers, it offers a comprehensive overview of these intriguing earthworks. Citing evidence from past excavations, ethnography, the traditions of present-day Native Americans in the Midwest, ground-penetrating radar and LIDAR imaging, and recent findings of other archaeologists, Robert A. Birmingham and Amy L. Rosebrough argue that effigy mound groups are cosmological maps that model belief systems and relations with the spirit world. The authors advocate for their preservation and emphasize that Native peoples consider the mounds sacred places. This edition also includes an expanded list of public parks and preserves where mounds can be respectfully viewed, such as the Kingsley Bend mounds near Wisconsin Dells, an outstanding effigy group maintained by the Ho-Chunk Nation, and the Man Mound Park near Baraboo, the only extant human-shaped effigy mound in the world.

Author : Margaret S. Drower
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 0299146235
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flinders Petrie written by Margaret S. Drower and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1995-06-01 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flinders Petrie has been called the “Father of Modern Egyptology”—and indeed he is one of the pioneers of modern archaeological methods. This fascinating biography of Petrie was first published to high acclaim in England in 1985. Margaret S. Drower, a student of Petrie’s in the early 1930s, traces his life from his boyhood, when he was already a budding scholar, through his stunning career in the deserts of Egypt to his death in Jerusalem at the age of eighty-nine. Drower combines her first-hand knowledge with Petrie’s own voluminous personal and professional diaries to forge a lively account of this influential and sometimes controversial figure. Drower presents Petrie as he was: an enthusiastic eccentric, diligently plunging into the uncharted past of ancient Egypt. She tells not only of his spectacular finds, including the tombs of the first Pharaohs, the earliest alphabetic script, a Homer manuscript, and a collection of painted portraits on mummy cases, but also of Petrie’s important contributions to the science of modern archaeology, such as orderly record-keeping of the progress of a dig and the use of pottery sherds in historical dating. Petrie's careful academic methods often pitted him against such rival archaeologists as Amélineau, who boasted he had smashed the stone jars he could not carry away to be sold, and Maspero and Naville, who mangled a pyramid at El Kula they had vainly tried to break into.

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Total Pages : 854 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wisconsin Archeologist written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transportation Archaeology in Wisconsin written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert A. Birmingham
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 0299232638
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spirits of Earth written by Robert A. Birmingham and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2009-12-18 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between A.D. 700 and 1100 Native Americans built more effigy mounds in Wisconsin than anywhere else in North America, with an estimated 1,300 mounds—including the world’s largest known bird effigy—at the center of effigy-building culture in and around Madison, Wisconsin. These huge earthworks, sculpted in the shape of birds, mammals, and other figures, have aroused curiosity for generations and together comprise a vast effigy mound ceremonial landscape. Farming and industrialization destroyed most of these mounds, leaving the mysteries of who built them and why they were made. The remaining mounds are protected today and many can be visited. explores the cultural, historical, and ceremonial meanings of the mounds in an informative, abundantly illustrated book and guide. Finalist, Social Science, Midwest Book Awards

Author : Robert A. Birmingham
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wisconsin Archaeology written by Robert A. Birmingham and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alice Beck Kehoe
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Wisconsin Archaeology written by Alice Beck Kehoe and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Increase Allen Lapham
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Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Antiquities of Wisconsin written by Increase Allen Lapham and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: