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Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-'81

E-Books
Author/Creator
J. W. Powell
Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell Zuñi Fetiches by Frank Hamilton Cushing Myths of the Iroquois by Erminnie A. Smith Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley by Henry W. Henshaw Navajo Weavers by Dr. Washington Matthews Art in Shell of the Ancient Americans by William H.
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“The Secret Past Life of Plants”: Paleoethnobotany in British Columbia

Alternate Title
Artifacts as Botanical Specimens: An Example from Vancouver Island
Plant Technology in Archaeology: From the Ancient Past into the Future
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dana Lepofsky
Natasha Lyons
[Dale R. Croes
Kathleen Hawes
Kathryn Bernick]
BC Studies, no. 179, Ethnobotany in BC, Autumn, 2013, pp. 39-83
Provides brief description of development and status of the discipline, and uses two case studies to illustrate the applications and results of research. Case Study 1: Plant Technology in Archaeology: From the Ancient Past into the Future. Case Study 2: Artifacts as Botanical Specimens: An Example from Vancouver Island.
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Secwepemc-kuc: We are the Secwepemc

Alternate Title
Connecting Traditions: Explore Secwepemc Pre-Contact Life
[Secwepemc-Kuc: Let the Journey Begin]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[First Nations Education Council
School District 73?]
Comprehensive educational website. Contains links to: introduction, language, origin story, village life, and archaeology.
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A Selective Bibliography of the Mohawk People

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Larry Garrow
Richard Jock
Ray Cooke

Approximately 343 sources, dated from 1762 through 1972, focusing on the St. Regis Reservation in New York, but equally applicable to Mohawks of Akwesasne in Ontario and Quebec. Citations are arranged by subject and subdivided by author.

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Shabik'eschee Village in Chaco Canyon: Beyond the Archetype

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
W.H. Wills
F. Scott Worman
Wetherbee Dorshow
Heather Richards-Rissetto
American Antiquity, vol. 77, no. 2, April 2012, pp. 326-350
Presents further evidence that does not conclusively support the premise of permanent settlement in one fixed location.
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Shell-Heaps of the Lower Fraser River, British Columbia

Alternate Title
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 4. Anthropology ; v. 3
[Publications of] the Jesup North Pacific Expedition ; v. [2], pt. 4
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Harlan I. Smith
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History
Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 4 (p. [133]-191).
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'The Sieidi is a Better Alter/The Noaidi Drum's a Purer Church Bell': Long-Term Changes and Syncretism at Sámi offering sites

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tiina Äikäs
Anna Kaisa Salmi
World Archaeology, vol. 45, no. 1, Archaeology of Religious Change, March 2013, pp. 64-82
Investigates the evolution of Sámi ethnic religious practices in northern Fennoscandia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia) through the amalgamation of different religious traditions into a new one.
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Singing at a Center of the Indian World: The SAI and Ohio Earthworks

Alternate Title
American Indian Quarterly ; vol. 37, no. 3, Summer 2013
Singing at the Centre of the Indian World
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mari L. Chaatsmith
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 2, The Society of American Indians and Its Legacies, Summer, 2013, pp. 181-198
Describes the Newark Earthworks, a monumental earthen architectural complex built by the mound builders, and discusses its significance. Special combines issues of Studies in American Indian Literatures and American Indian Quarterly. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 181.
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Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-'95

E-Books
Author/Creator
J. W. Powell
Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell Primitive Trephining in Peru by Manuel Antonio Muñiz, M.D. and W. J. McGee The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona by Cosmos Mindeleff Day Symbols of the Maya Year by Cyrus Thomas Tusayan Snake Ceremonies by Jesse Walter Fewkes
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Sixteenth-Century Tusayan

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Henry F. Dobyns
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 2, Spring, 1991, pp. 187-200
Author examines multiple archival sources to develop a more accurate understanding of Hopi communities in the mid 1500s. See also: Albert H. Schroeder's critique: "Comments on Henry Dobyns' 'Sixteenth-Century Tusayan'." Henry F. Dobyns's response: " Superhuman Hearing, Superhorses, and Miraculous Maize."
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The Skulls from Torrington, Wyoming: A Re-Evaluation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George A. Agogino
Eugene Galloway
American Antiquity, vol. 29, no. 1, July 1963, pp. 106-109
Discusses the issue of developing comparisons without supporting evidence to establish chronological ages.
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Social Archaeology of Funerary Remains

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Aubrey Cannon
Canadian Journal of Archaeology, vol. 31, no. 2, 2007, pp. 250-253
Book review of: Social Archaeology of Funerary Remains edited by Rebecca Gowland and Christopher Knüsel.
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Solid Core Drilling of Monks Mound: Technique and Findings

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nelson A. Reed
John W. Bennett
James Warren Porter
American Antiquity, vol. 33, no. 2, April 1968, pp. 137-148
Describes solid core drilling that was done to provide data for further excavations at this Cahokia settlement.
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