ISBN: 9781438427027

Essential overview of American Indian societies during the Archaic period across central North America. Sweeping and detailed, this long-awaited volume is an indispensable guide to the Ar… Mehr…

Essential overview of American Indian societies during the Archaic period across central North America. Sweeping and detailed, this long-awaited volume is an indispensable guide to the Archaic period across the midcontinent. Archaeologists throughout the region share the latest excavation results and analytical perspectives to reveal and reinterpret the worlds of those Native peoples who lived there for some 9,000 years (up to about 3,000 years ago). Of particular concern is the Essential overview of American Indian societies during the Archaic period across central North America. Sweeping and detailed, this long-awaited volume is an indispensable guide to the Archaic period across the midcontinent. Archaeologists throughout the region share the latest excavation results and analytical perspectives to reveal and reinterpret the worlds of those Native peoples who lived there for some 9,000 years (up to about 3,000 years ago). Of particular concern is the establishment of relative and absolute chronologies for the Archaic period, the relationships between the artifacts left behind and the peoples who made and used them, and the changing interactions between cultures, climate, and landscape. Archaeologists offer useful, up-to-date overviews of Archaic societies, assessment of stratigraphic sequences, and detailed discussions of finds and interpretations from the Mississippi and Ohio river regions and the Great Lakes. Comprehensive and accessible, this landmark book is a must for anyone wanting to understand a crucial but little-understood period in North America's prehistory. Books, Social Sciences~~Ethnic Studies~~Native American Studies, Archaic-Societies~~Thomas-E-Emerson, 998674, Archaic Societies: Diversity and Complexity across the Midcontinent, Thomas E. Emerson (Editor), Dale L. McElrath (Editor), Andrew C Fortier (Editor), 1438427026, State University of New York Press, , , , , State University of New York Press<

ISBN: 9781438427027

Essential overview of American Indian societies during the Archaic period across central North America.Sweeping and detailed, this long-awaited volume is an indispensable guide to the Arc… Mehr…

Essential overview of American Indian societies during the Archaic period across central North America.Sweeping and detailed, this long-awaited volume is an indispensable guide to the Archaic period across the midcontinent. Archaeologists throughout the region share the latest excavation results and analytical perspectives to reveal and reinterpret the worlds of those Native peoples who lived there for some 9,000 years (up to about 3,000 years ago). Of particular concern is the establishment of relative and absolute chronologies for the Archaic period, the relationships between the artifacts left behind and the peoples who made and used them, and the changing interactions between cultures, climate, and landscape. Archaeologists offer useful, up-to-date overviews of Archaic societies, assessment of stratigraphic sequences, and detailed discussions of finds and interpretations from the Mississippi and Ohio river regions and the Great Lakes. Comprehensive and accessible, this landmark book is a must for anyone wanting to understand a crucial but little-understood period in North America’s prehistory. Books Books ~~ Social Sciences~~ Ethnic Studies ~~ Native American Studies Archaic-Societies~~Thomas-E-Emerson State University of New York Press<

ISBN: 9781438427027

Sweeping and detailed, this long-awaited volume is an indispensable guide to the Archaic period across the midcontinent. Archaeologists throughout the region share the latest excavation r… Mehr…

Sweeping and detailed, this long-awaited volume is an indispensable guide to the Archaic period across the midcontinent. Archaeologists throughout the region share the latest excavation results and analytical perspectives to reveal and reinterpret the worlds of those Native peoples who lived there for some 9,000 years (up to about 3,000 years ago). Of particular concern is the establishment of relative and absolute chronologies for the Archaic period, the relationships between the artifacts left behind and the peoples who made and used them, and the changing interactions between cultures, climate, and landscape. Archaeologists offer useful, up-to-date overviews of Archaic societies, assessment of stratigraphic sequences, and detailed discussions of finds and interpretations from the Mississippi and Ohio river regions and the Great Lakes. Comprehensive and accessible, this landmark book is a must for anyone wanting to understand a crucial but little-understood period in North America''s prehistory. Books, Social and Cultural Studies, Archaic Societies: Diversity and Complexity across the Midcontinent Books>Social and Cultural Studies, State University of New York Press<

2011, ISBN: 9781438427027

Diversity and Complexity across the Midcontinent, Buch, Softcover, [PU: State University of New York Press], State University of New York Press, 2011