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Central New Mexico Paleo-Indian Cultures

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George Agogino
Frank C. Hibben
American Antiquity, vol. 23, no. 4, April 1958, pp. 422-425
Evidence of Paleoindian cultures in sandia, clovis fluted and folsom points in the Rio Grande valley and other areas in New Mexico as well as hearths, milling stones manos etc.
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Changing Physical and Ecological Landscapes in Southwestern Manitoba in Relation to Folsom (11,000-10,000 BP) and McKean (4,000-3,000 BP) Site Distributions

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Boyd
Prairie Forum, vol. 25, no. 1, Spring, 2000, pp. 23-44
Examines two archaeological complexes to discover the impact of landscape evolution and the environment on settlement strategies of the First Nations peoples who lived during that time period.
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The Chimariko Indians and Language

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, v.5, no.2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Roland B. Dixon
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 5, (pp293-380).
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Chronology of Sites at Killarney, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
E. F. Greenman
American Antiquity, vol. 31, no. 4, April 1966, pp. 540-551
Two Archaeology sites on Lake Huron that date to around 7000 B.C. and A.D. 1. Description and illustrations of the artifacts.
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Chumash Prehistory

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.28, no.1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ronald L. Olson
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 28, (pp1-21).
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Civilizations Lost and Found: Fabricating History - Part Two: False Messages in Stone

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bradley T. Lepper
Kenneth L. Feder
Terry A. Barnhart
Deborah A. Bolnick
Skeptical Inquirer, vol. 35, no. 6, November/December 2011, pp. [48-54]
Offers a critical review of the documentary The Lost Civilizations of North America; examines specific artifacts referred to in the film and discusses their authenticity and/or controversy surrounding them.
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Coast Salish Interaction: A View from the Inlets

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dana Lepofsky
Teresa Trost
Jesse Morin
Canadian Journal of Archaeology, vol. 31, no. 2, 2007, pp. 190-223
Comparison of faunal and plant remains and lithics recovered from Late Phase deposits at Say-Umiton to data collected from the previously excavated sites of Tum-tu-may-whueton (Belcarra Park) and Whey-Ah-Wichen (Cates Park).
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Colin Trindle Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Colin Trindle
Alfred J. Beaver
Indian History Film Project
Mr. Trindle, aged 78, has spent most of his adult life in the Trout Lake/Peerless Lake area and is a former chief--talks about promises of a reserve in the area; surveying of boundaries; duration of occupation of area; and traditional lifestyles.
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The Consequences of Social Processes: Aggregate Populations, Projectile Point Accumulation, and Subsistence Patterns in the American Southwest

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fumiyasu Arakawa
Christopher Nicholson
and Jeff Rasic
American Antiquity, vol. 78, no. 1, January 2013, pp. 147-165
Looks at different hunting patterns of large game in McElmo-Yellow Jacket, Mesa Verde and the Ute Mountains and how social processes have an effect on large game hunting.
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A Contribution to the Archaeology of the Upper Kuskokwim

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charlene Craft LeFebre
American Antiquity, vol. 21, no. 3, January 1956, pp. 268-274
Describes similarities of obsedian knives, adzes and pottery between this site and others in the Athabaskan territory found by de Laguna and Rainey.
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Cowry Shells from Archaeological Sites in Ontario

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
W. J. Wintemberg
American Anthropologist, vol. 26, no. 1, New Series, January-March 1924, pp. 119-120
Brief discussion of artifacts used in trade found at mound site near Peterborough
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Criteria for Determining the Attributes of Man-Made Lithics

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leland W. Patterson
Journal of Field Archaeology, vol. 10, no. 3, Autumn, 1983, pp. 297-307
Discussion of an objective methodology for determining whether specimens of stone have been altered by humans.
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A Current Synthesis of the Northern Archaic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie A. Esdale
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 45, no. 2, 2008, pp. 3-38
Comments on the formulation of the Northern Archaic and lists the nearly 200 notched projectile point sites found in Alaska and Yukon.
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Decolonizing the Borderland: Wichita Frontier Strategies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen M. Perkins
Richard R. Drass
Susan C. Vehik
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 4, Fall, 2016, pp. 259-280
Uses material culture and paleobotanical evidence to assess the chronological development of the Wichita society living in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas from 1450 to the 1800s.
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Did the Folsom Bison Survive in Canada?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Loren C. Eiseley
Scientific Monthly, vol. 56, no. 5, May 1943, pp. 468-472
After artifacts were found at Folsom, New Mexico in 1927, questions arose as to whether the extinct mammoth might be related to present day bison.
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The Dorset Culture Longhouse at Brooman Point, Nunavut

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert W. Park
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 239-253
Presents a brief description of a longhouse structure and its associated hearth rows including the significance of the architectural and artifactual patterning.
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The Dorset Culture of the Eastern Arctic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Graham Rowley
American Anthropologist, vol. 42, no. 3, pt.1, New Series, July-September 1940, pp. 490-499
Presents results of excavations at Abverdjar and an explanation of what the artifacts reveal about the Dorset way of life.
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Dorset Settlement and Subsistence in Northern Labrador

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven L. Cox
Arthur Spiess
Arctic, vol. 33, no. 3, September 1980, pp. 659-669
Studies data from central and northern Labrador's Dorset settlement patterns and ways of hunting. Shows breathing hole sealing was not used.
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