North America

Prehistoric Copper Mining in Michigan: The Nineteenth-Century Discovery of “Ancient Diggings” in the Keweenaw Peninsula and Isle Royale

May 26, 2020May 27, 2020 Elizabeth NollAnthropological Papers, Featured, John R. Halsey, Michigan, North America

John R. Halsey

AP 99

Explorers in the nineteenth century found many pits and tools along rich copper seams in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula–evidence that prehistoric inhabitants mined copper there for thousands of years. John Halsey, former state archaeologist of Michigan, tells the story of those who discovered the ancient mines in this thorough and engaging tale.

Caribou Hunting in the Upper Great Lakes: Archaeological, Ethnographic, and Paleoenvironmental Perspectives

January 18, 2015May 21, 2020 Jessica DargaAshley K. Lemke, Elizabeth Sonnenburg, Featured, John M. O'Shea, Memoirs, Michigan, North America

Elizabeth Sonnenburg, Ashley K. Lemke, John M. O’Shea

M 57

Bringing together American and Canadian scholars of Great Lakes prehistory to provide a holistic picture of caribou hunters, this volume covers such diverse topics as paleoenvironmental reconstruction, ethnographic surveys of hunting features with Native informants in Canada, and underwater archaeological research, and presents a synthetic model of ancient caribou hunters in the Great Lakes region.

The Cherokees of Tuckaleechee Cove

December 7, 2012May 21, 2020 Jessica DargaJon Marcoux, Memoirs, North America

Jon Marcoux

M 52

This volume explores culture change and persistence within a late seventeenth-century Cherokee community in eastern Tennessee.

Crowfield (AfHj-31): A Unique Paleoindian Fluted Point Site from Southwestern Ontario

November 7, 2011May 21, 2020 Jessica DargaChristopher J. Ellis, D. Brian Deller, Henry T. Wright, Memoirs, North America

D. Brian Deller, Christopher J. Ellis

M 49

This monograph provides a detailed description and analysis of the Crowfield Early (fluted point associated) Paleoindian site, excavated in 1981 and 1982.

Structure and Regional Diversity in the Meadowood Interaction Sphere

February 7, 2011May 21, 2020 Jessica DargaKarine Taché, Memoirs, North America

Karine Taché

M 48

This monograph offers the first major synthesis of the Meadowood phenomenon, one of the earliest and largest interaction spheres in northeastern North America. This volume breathes new life into our understanding of the Early Woodland phenomenon (3000–2400 BP).

Engaged Anthropology: Research Essays on North American Archaeology, Ethnobotany, & Museology

March 29, 2005May 26, 2020 Matthew MillerAnthropological Papers, B. Sunday Eiselt, Michelle Hegmon, North America, Richard I. Ford

Michelle Hegmon, B. Sunday Eiselt

AP 94

This collection of essays is based on the 2005 Society for American Archaeology symposium and presents research that epitomizes Richard I. Ford’s approach of engaged anthropology.

Ships and Shipwrecks of the Au Sable Shores Region of Western Lake Huron

June 5, 2004May 21, 2020 Jessica DargaJohn M. O'Shea, Memoirs, Michigan, North America

John M. O’Shea

M 39

Focusing on an area of coastline particularly known for vessel strandings, this volume includes histories of more than 50 lost vessels; a description of the remains of vessels and wreckage documented during archaeological research; an analysis of shoreline change in the last 150 years; and a model for matching wreckage to lost ships. This book will be of interest to archaeologists, historians, and anyone who loves the Great Lakes.

Life on the Periphery: Economic Change in Late Prehistoric Southeastern New Mexico

March 5, 2004May 20, 2020 Jessica DargaJohn Speth, Memoirs, North America

John Speth

M 37

Dramatic economic changes transformed an isolated 13th-century village of farmer-hunters in the arid grasslands of southeastern New Mexico into a community heavily engaged in long-distance bison hunting and intense exchange with the Puebloan world to the west.

The Sandy Ridge and Halstead Paleo-Indian Sites: Unifacial Tool Use and Gainey Phase Definition in South-Central Ontario

March 5, 1998May 20, 2020 Jessica DargaLawrence J. Jackson, Memoirs, Michigan, North America

Lawrence J. Jackson

M 32

This study fills in some missing links in the Michigan-Ontario Paleo-Indian record. Jackson focuses on the Gainey phase.

The View from Madisonville: Protohistoric Western Fort Ancient Interaction Patterns

June 5, 1997May 20, 2020 Jessica DargaMemoirs, North America, Penelope Ballard Drooker

Penelope Ballard Drooker

M 31

Madisonville was one of the key settlements of the Ohio Valley Fort Ancient people and was the subject of James Griffin’s 1943 classic, The Fort Ancient Aspect.

Zoom-In to Madisonville

May 19, 1997August 31, 2018 Jessica DargaElectronic Series, North America, Penelope Ballard Drooker

Penelope Ballard Drooker

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A companion to The View from Madisonville (Memoir 31) by Penelope Ballard Drooker, this CD-ROM contains all the unpublished reports, databases, and more than 1000 artifact photographs from Madisonville.

The Fisher Site: Archaeological, Geological and Paleobotanical Studies at an Early Paleo-Indian Site in Southern Ontario, Canada

March 5, 1997May 20, 2020 Jessica DargaMemoirs, North America, Peter L. Storck

Peter L. Storck

M 30

A detailed, multidisciplinary report on a large Early Paleoindian site in the Georgian Bay region.

The Spiro Ceremonial Center: The Archaeology of Arkansas Valley Caddoan Culture in Eastern Oklahoma

May 20, 1996June 11, 2020 Elizabeth NollJames A. Brown, James B. Griffin, Memoirs, North America

James A. Brown

M 29

In Volume I of this two-volume set, James A. Brown reports on and interprets decades of archaeological investigation at the Spiro Ceremonial Center, a major site along the Arkansas River in eastern Oklahoma. In Volume 2, he describes the archaeological collections in detail, covering burials, ceramics, stone tools, pipes, beads, textiles, ornaments, and animal bone. Foreword by James B. Griffin. Contributions by Alice M. Brues, Lyle W. Konigsberg, Paul W. Parmalee, and David H. Stansbery.

Temples for Cahokia Lords: Preston Holder’s 1955–1956 Excavations of Kunnemann Mound

June 6, 1993May 20, 2020 Jessica DargaMemoirs, North America, Timothy R. Pauketat

Timothy R. Pauketat

M 26

Preston Holder, a brilliant iconoclast, excavated these mounds in 1955. Decades later, the excavation still stands as one of the best-documented major excavations of the Cahokia area. This volume, meticulously researched and written, is the book Holder never completed. Pauketat also includes the massive research and theoretical developments that have emerged since 1957.

The Leavitt Site: A Parkhill Phase Paleo-Indian Occupation in Central Michigan

March 6, 1993May 20, 2020 Jessica DargaMemoirs, Michael J. Shott, Michigan, North America

Michael J. Shott

M 25

This illustrated monograph is an innovative analysis of forager archaeology in general and Paleo-Indian studies in particular. This is a companion volume to Thedford II: A Paleo-Indian Site in the Ausable River Watershed of Southwestern Ontario (Memoir 24).

Thedford II: A Paleo-Indian Site in the Ausable River Watershed of Southwestern Ontario

February 6, 1993May 20, 2020 Elizabeth NollChristopher J. Ellis, D. Brian Deller, Memoirs, North America

D. Brian Deller and Christopher J. Ellis

M 24

A detailed and profusely illustrated analysis of material recovered from this Early Paleo-Indian Parkhill site.

A Vertebrate Faunal Analysis Coding System, with North American Taxonomy and dBase Support Programs and Procedures (Version 3.3)

March 1, 1992May 19, 2020 Matthew MillerBarry W. Baker, Brian S. Shaffer, North America, Technical Reports

Brian S. Shaffer and Barry W. Baker

T 23

The authors present the constructs for a logical and hierarchal vertebrate coding system for use in the analysis of faunal remains from archaeological sites. FACS consists of a series of numeric codes for recording information on 24 attributes for each faunal specimen.

Two Terminal Archaic/Early Woodland Sites in Central Michigan

March 2, 1991May 19, 2020 Matthew MillerMichigan, North America, Scott G. Beld, Technical Reports

Scott G. Beld

T 22

This volume contains the analysis of two prehistoric sites in Gratiot County, Michigan. The author presents a description of the features and artifacts from both sites and discusses the possible cultural affiliation of the sites, which he dates to the Terminal Archaic/Early Woodland.

Vertebrate Faunal Remains from Grasshopper Pueblo, Arizona

September 5, 1990May 22, 2020 Matthew MillerAnthropological Papers, John D. Speth, John W. Olsen, North America

John W. Olsen

AP 83

Grasshopper Pueblo is a large fourteenth-century community in the forested Mogollon highlands of central Arizona. This book is an examination of the entire suite of animal remains from the site.

The Bridgeport Township Site: Archaeological Investigation at 20SA620, Saginaw County, Michigan

June 1, 1990May 29, 2020 Matthew MillerAnthropological Papers, John M. O'Shea, Michael Shott, Michigan, North America

John M. O’Shea and Michael Shott

AP 81

Excavations at the Bridgeport Township site (20SA620) revealed a wealth of information about the Saginaw Valley’s prehistoric inhabitants. For roughly 3,000 years, from about 1500 BC to about AD 1500, people used this site.

The Foxie Otter Site: A Multicomponent Occupation North of Lake Huron

February 1, 1988May 22, 2020 Matthew MillerAnthropological Papers, Christopher C. Hanks, North America

Christopher C. Hanks

AP 79

In this volume, the author reports on the excavation and interpretation of the Foxie Otter Site, a large archaeological site on Fox Lake in Ontario, Canada. This site, which was used by native people for about 7,000 years, contains one of the longest archaeological records in the Upper Great Lakes.

The Inscriptions of Calakmul: Royal Marriage at a Maya City in Campeche, Mexico

July 11, 1987May 28, 2020 Elizabeth NollJoyce Marcus, Latin America, Mexico, North America, Technical Reports

Joyce Marcus

T 21

By studying the inscriptions at Calakmul, a large Maya site in the Yucatán Peninsula of southern Mexico, Joyce Marcus identified a sequence of rulers and royal couples and their association with temples and other architecture at the site.

Medicinal Plants of Native America

May 21, 1987May 28, 2020 Elizabeth NollDaniel E. Moerman, North America, Richard I. Ford, Technical Reports

Daniel E. Moerman

T 19

In this encyclopedia of North American ethnobotany, thousands of native plants are organized by family, genus, use (illness), tribal culture, and common name. Foreword by Richard I. Ford.

The Henderson Site Burials: Glimpses of a Late Prehistoric Population in the Pecos Valley

March 2, 1986May 19, 2020 Matthew MillerJohn D. Speth, North America, Technical Reports, Thomas R. Rocek

Thomas R. Rocek, John D. Speth

T 18

The Henderson site is a small, late prehistoric pueblo in southeastern New Mexico. It sits on a crest overlooking the Hondo River in Chaves County. The site contains a multiroom structure with two phases of occupation: the first around AD 1200 and the second around AD 1300 to 1400. This volume presents descriptions and analysis of the ten burials found at the Henderson site.

Jumano and Patarabueye: Relations at La Junta de los Rios

January 1, 1986May 22, 2020 Matthew MillerAnthropological Papers, J. Charles Kelley, North America

J. Charles Kelley

AP 77

In this volume, author J. Charles Kelley uses historical, linguistic, and archaeological data to compare two indigenous North American cultures: the Patarabueyes and the Jumanos.