American Archaeology: Tracing the Roots of the New World
Dive into the fascinating archaeological findings across the Americas with our American Archaeology selection. These works explore the indigenous societies and ancient cultures of North and South America.
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Ancient Effigy Mound Landscapes of Upper Midwestern North America
Full Price: $34.95
Discount Price: $26.25
ISBN: 9781785700873
Pub Date: 2024-11-30
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
“Better Than We”
Landscapes and materialities of race, class, and gender in pre-emancipation Saba, Dutch Caribbean
Price: $75.00
ISBN: 9789464270785
Pub Date: 2024-04-18
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Sidestone Press
402 Pages
This study aims to understand the materiality of Saba’s ideological landscape during its pre-emancipation colonial period. This is accomplished by understanding the dialectics, or inseparable relationships,...
Extracting Stone
The Archaeology of Quarry Landscapes
Price: $34.99
ISBN: 9781785706240
Pub Date: 2024-04-04
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: $46.00
ISBN: 9798888571101
Pub Date: 2024-03-31
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: $39.95
ISBN: 9798888570425
Pub Date: 2023-10-15
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: $49.95
ISBN: 9781789259292
Pub Date: 2023-02-22
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.
Transforming the Landscape
Rock Art and the Mississippian Cosmos
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781785706288
Pub Date: 2018-04-06
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
288 Pages
This new synthesis focuses on the widespread use of cosmograms in the vast repertoire of Mississippian rock art imagery. It anchors broad distributional patterns of motifs and themes within a powerful framework for cultural interpretation, yielding new insights on ancient concepts of landscape, nature, ceremonialism, religion, and a more comprehens
Caddo Landscapes in the East Texas Forests
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781785705762
Pub Date: 2017-02-28
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.
Ancient Effigy Mound Landscapes of Upper Midwestern North America
Full Price: $34.95
Discount Price: $26.25
ISBN: 9781785700873
Pub Date: 2024-11-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
240 Pages
“Better Than We”
Landscapes and materialities of race, class, and gender in pre-emancipation Saba, Dutch Caribbean
Price: $75.00
ISBN: 9789464270785
Pub Date: 2024-04-18
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Sidestone Press
402 Pages
Extracting Stone
The Archaeology of Quarry Landscapes
Price: $34.99
ISBN: 9781785706240
Pub Date: 2024-04-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
168 Pages
Artifacts of Mourning
Archaeology of the Historic Burial Ground of the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia
Price: $46.00
ISBN: 9798888571101
Pub Date: 2024-03-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
152 Pages
Explanations in Iconography
Ancient American Indian Art, Symbol, and Meaning
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9798888570425
Pub Date: 2023-10-15
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
240 Pages
Landscapes of Ritual Performance in Eastern North America
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781789259292
Pub Date: 2023-02-22
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
256 Pages
Transforming the Landscape
Rock Art and the Mississippian Cosmos
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781785706288
Pub Date: 2018-04-06
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
288 Pages
Caddo Landscapes in the East Texas Forests
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781785705762
Pub Date: 2017-02-28
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Oxbow Books
264 Pages