American Archaeology: Exploring the New World’s Ancient Past
Embark on a journey through time with our American Archaeology collection. Studies in this collection examine indigenous civilizations from North, Central, and South America. Enhance your research with related topics in Anthropology & Sociology and gain deeper methodological insights from our Archaeological Method, Theory, Excavation & Survey Techniques resources.
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Ancient Effigy Mound Landscapes of Upper Midwestern North America
Full Price: £38.00
Discount Price: £28.50
ISBN: 9781785700873
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2024-09-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
240 Pages
First comprehensive overview of the effigy mound phenomenon of the Upper Midwest of North America c. 700–1100 CE
Extracting Stone
The Archaeology of Quarry Landscapes
Price: £40.00
ISBN: 9781785706240
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2024-03-05
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
168 Pages
Using a landscape approach to analysis, this volume examines activities at three major quarries that were used most intensively in the Archaic and Woodland periods, roughly 8,000-1,000 BP, looking at extraction scales, the range of material distributions, trade and exchange, the emergence of inequalities, and the broader technological systems.
Artifacts of Mourning
Archaeology of the Historic Burial Ground of the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia
Price: £29.95
ISBN: 9798888571101
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2024-01-12
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
152 Pages
Fascinating account of the artifacts from excavation of over 500 burials unexpectedly discovered during development work associated with the First Baptist Church in Philadelphia.
Explanations in Iconography
Ancient American Indian Art, Symbol, and Meaning
Price: £38.00
ISBN: 9798888570425
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2023-08-02
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
240 Pages
Case studies combine archaeological data and oral tradition to illustrate how the archaeological expression of beliefs and meanings passed down in the oral tradition may be interpreted.
Landscapes of Ritual Performance in Eastern North America
Price: £45.00
ISBN: 9781789259292
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2023-01-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
256 Pages
New insights into wide-ranging temporal and geographical evidence for rituals and ritual specialists across the Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland and Mississippian Periods in the Southeastern USA.
Archaeologies of Cosmoscapes in the Americas
Price: £38.00
ISBN: 9781789258448
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2022-07-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
288 Pages
An examination of how Pre-Columbian societies in the Americas envisioned their cosmos and iteratively modeled it through the creation of particular objects and places.
Caddo Landscapes in the East Texas Forests
Price: £38.00
ISBN: 9781785705762
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2017-05-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
264 Pages
Discusses the Caddo archaeological landscape in the East Texas Pineywoods and Post Oak Savannah, with due attention paid to the construction of platform and burial mounds, and special ritual structures in and outside of mound centers, as well as the sites of domestic residences over the 1000 year Caddo record.
Battlespace 1865
Archaeology of the Landscapes, Strategies, and Tactics of the North Platte Campaign, Nebraska
Price: £38.00
ISBN: 9781785703393
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2016-12-21
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
144 Pages
First examination of the significant North Platte campaign of the US Civil and Indian wars combining battlefield archaeology methods and results with historical data and personal accounts of the campaign
Ancient Effigy Mound Landscapes of Upper Midwestern North America
Full Price: £38.00
Discount Price: £28.50
ISBN: 9781785700873
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2024-09-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
240 Pages
Extracting Stone
The Archaeology of Quarry Landscapes
Price: £40.00
ISBN: 9781785706240
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2024-03-05
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
168 Pages
Artifacts of Mourning
Archaeology of the Historic Burial Ground of the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia
Price: £29.95
ISBN: 9798888571101
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2024-01-12
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
152 Pages
Explanations in Iconography
Ancient American Indian Art, Symbol, and Meaning
Price: £38.00
ISBN: 9798888570425
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2023-08-02
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
240 Pages
Landscapes of Ritual Performance in Eastern North America
Price: £45.00
ISBN: 9781789259292
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2023-01-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
256 Pages
Archaeologies of Cosmoscapes in the Americas
Price: £38.00
ISBN: 9781789258448
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2022-07-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
288 Pages
Caddo Landscapes in the East Texas Forests
Price: £38.00
ISBN: 9781785705762
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2017-05-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
264 Pages
Battlespace 1865
Archaeology of the Landscapes, Strategies, and Tactics of the North Platte Campaign, Nebraska
Price: £38.00
ISBN: 9781785703393
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Pub Date: 2016-12-21
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
144 Pages