Author: Robert McCormick AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
Archaeological Investigations in Jefferson County, Missouri, 1939-40
Author: Robert McCormick AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
Archaeological Investigations in Jefferson County, Missouri
Author: Robert McCormick AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 74
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An Overview of the Prehistoric Resources of the Metropolitan St. Louis Area
Author: Elizabeth D. BenchleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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The Prehistory of Missouri
Author: Michael John O'BrienPublisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 9780826211316
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
The Prehistory of Missouri is a fascinating examination of the objects that were made, used, and discarded or lost by Missouri's prehistoric inhabitants over a period of more than eleven thousand years. Missouri's numerous vegetation zones and its diverse topography encompassed extreme variations, forcing prehistoric populations to seek a wide range of adaptations to the natural environment. As a result, Missouri's archaeological record is highly complex, and it has not been fully understood despite the vast amount of fieldwork that has been conducted within the state's borders. In this groundbreaking account, Michael J. O'Brien and W. Raymond Wood explore the array of artifacts that have been found in Missouri, pinpointing minute variations in form. They have documented the ranges in age and distribution of the individual forms, explaining why certain forms persisted while others quickly disappeared. Organized by chronological periods such as Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian, the book provides a comprehensive survey of what is currently known about Missouri's prehistoric peoples, often revealing how they made their living in an ever-changing world. The authors have applied rigorous standards of archaeological inquiry. Their main objective--demonstrating that the archaeological record of Missouri can be explained in scientific terms--is accomplished. With more than 235 line drawings and photographs, including 23 color photos, The Prehistory of Missouri will appeal to anyone interested in archaeology, particularly in the artifacts and the dates of their manufacture, as well as those interested in the dichotomy between interpretation and explanation. Intended for the amateur as well as the professional archaeologist, this book is sure to be the new standard reference on Missouri's prehistory, fulfilling current needs that extend beyond those met by Carl Chapman's earlier classic, The Archaeology of Missouri.
An Archaeology of the Cosmos
Author: Timothy R. PauketatPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415521289
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
An Archaeology of the Cosmos seeks answers to two fundamental questions of humanity and human history. The first question concerns that which some use as a defining element of humanity: religious beliefs. Why do so many people believe in supreme beings and holy spirits? The second question concerns changes in those beliefs. What causes beliefs to change? Using archaeological evidence gathered from ancient America, especially case material from the Great Plains and the pre-Columbian American Indian city of Cahokia, Timothy Pauketat explores the logical consequences of these two fundamental questions. Religious beliefs are not more resilient than other aspects of culture and society, and people are not the only causes of historical change. An Archaeology of the Cosmos examines the intimate association of agency and religion by studying how relationships between people, places, and things were bundled together and positioned in ways that constituted the fields of human experience. This rethinking theories of agency and religion provides readers with challenging and thought provoking conclusions that will lead them to reassess the way they approach the past.
Mississippian Political Economy
Author: Jon MullerPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1489918469
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
This ambitious work offers a coherent and comprehensive look at the material conditions underlying and stimulating political development in southeastern North America during the Mississippian period. After introducing theoretical issues, Muller addresses reproduction, production, distribution, and consumption within their social and material contexts. Examined through the lens of the production, distribution, and consumption of prestige and staple goods, a profoundly domestic, though significantly differentiated, Mississippian political economy emerges. This study's broad synthetic view ensures that neither environment nor ideology are overemphasized. A fine statement of an important theoretical position, the volume features considerable graphic and tabular presentation of data.
The Crable Site, Fulton County, Illinois
Author: Hale Gilliam SmithPublisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
ISBN: 1949098362
Category : Fulton County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 77
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The Cahokia Atlas
Author: Melvin Leo FowlerPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780964488137
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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The Petroglyphs and Pictographs of Missouri
Author: Carol Diaz-GranadosPublisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817309888
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
This comprehensive guide to the rock art of Missouri presents major design motifs and links those images to Native American beliefs.
Missouri Archaeological Society Research Series
Author: Missouri Archaeological SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description