Archaeology

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Contemporary Archaeologies of the Southwest

Alternate Title
Acts of History: Ritual, Landscape and Historical Archaeology in the U.S. Southwest and Northern Mexico
Proceedings of the Southwest Symposium: 10th: 2006
E-Books
Author/Creator
William Walker
Kathryn R. Venzor
Ruth M. Van Dyke
Christine G. Ward
Anna Sofaer ... [et al.]
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Contending with Contemporaneity: A Reply to Kintigh

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert E. Dewar
American Antiquity, vol. 59, no. 1, January 1994, pp. 149-152
Description
Explains how Kintigh's modifications present a different conception of settlement patterns. (Kintigh's article is in American Antiquity, Vol. 59, No. 1. Jan., 1994, pp. 143-148).
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Contesting Scientists' Narrations of NAGPRA's Legislative History: Rule 10.11 and the Recovery of "Culturally Unidentifiable" Ancestors

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clayton W. Dumont
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 5-41
Description
Discusses the conflict between anthropologists & archaeologists and Indigenous peoples on the rule for the disposition of culturally unidentifiable Native American human remains in the possession or control of museums or Federal agencies.
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Context and Chronology of Early Man in the Americas

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William N. Irving
Annual Review of Anthropology, vol. 14, October 1985, pp. 529-555
Description
Differing views regarding the evolutionary growth of human population in the Western Hemisphere.
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Continuity of Form and Function in the Art of the Eastern Woodlands

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amelia M. Trevelyan
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 1989, pp. 187-203
Description
Compares contemporary Woodland Indian fine arts with the prehistoric artistic traditions of the Eastern Woodland region, suggesting notable similarities of subject and form, possibly due to the central role of art in the cultural revitalization of both periods.
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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
Description
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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The Corner-Tang Flint Artifacts of Texas - J.T. Patterson.

Documents & Presentations
Description
From foreword: "This paper deals with one of the four or five unique and characteristic flint implements of Central Texas. One may assume that these artifacts did not spring into existence with the suddenness of a biological mutation, but, like all human implements, were gradually developed from some basic tool, which in turn had been perfected throughout the ages of man's history." Included are numerous illustrations of flint artifacts.
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Courage and Thoughtful Scholarship = Indigenous Archaeology Partnerships

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dale R. Croes
American Antiquity, vol. 75, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 211-216
Description
Discusses the importance of archaeological scientists working thoughtfully with Native Americans and First Nations Tribal members, with the ultimate goal being expanded scientific description and cultural explanation.
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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
Description
Brief discussion of artifacts used in trade found at mound site near Peterborough
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Cox, an Archaic Site in the Ozarks

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marvin E. Tong
American Antiquity, vol. 20, no. 2, October 1954, pp. 124-129
Description
Preliminary report from this excavation site.
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Creator of the Prince Albert Totem Pole (2)

Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph of the creator of a totem pole given to the City of Prince Albert receiving an award from what is likely a City official, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia.
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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
Description
Discussion of an objective methodology for determining whether specimens of stone have been altered by humans.
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Cultural Continuity from Pre-Dorset to Dorset in the Eastern Canadian Arctic Highlighted by Bone Technology and Typology

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claire Houmard
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 55, no. 1, 2018, pp. 24-47
Description
Discusses a revised timeline proposed for human-cultural development in the Western Canadian Arctic; revisions are based on new technological and typographic analyses of bone artifacts from sites in the area.
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Cultural Heritage Management: A Global Perspective

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gregory R. Campbell
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 36, no. 2, 2012, pp. 177-179
Description
Book review of: Cultural Heritage Management edited by Phyllis Mauch Messenger and George S. Smith. Review located by scrolling to page 177.
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Cultural Heritage of the Sámi in Finnish National Histories 1894–2009

Alternate Title
Cultural heritage of the Sami in Finnish national histories 1894–2009
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jukka Nyyssönen
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 4, Indigenous Notions of Cultural Heritage, December 2019, pp. 340-348
Description
Author explores the ways that historical conservatism shapes the inclusion of Sámi people and communities in the national narrative of Finland. Argues that the Sámi remain marginalized, and that their agency, sovereignty, and inclusion is minimized by the mainstream discourses of history.
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Culture and Tourism in the Navajo Country

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen C. Jett
Journal of Cultural Geography, vol. 11, no. 1, 1990, pp. 85-107
Description
Historical background on the creation of the Southwest-Indian image and on Navajo Country tourism.
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Cumberland House

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Leah Dorion
Todd Paquin
Description
Introduction to one of the oldest continuous Métis communities in Canada.
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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
Description
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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Dancers at Prince Albert Totem Pole Ceremony (01)

Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph of First Nations dancers in traditional garb at a ceremony to celebrate the giving of a totem pole to the City of Prince Albert, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia, and currently stands along the North Saskatchewan River near the Prince Albert Historical Museum.
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Dart and Arrow Points on the Columbia Plateau of Western North America

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth M.Ames
Kristen A. Fuld
Sara Davis
American Antiquity, vol. 75, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 287-325
Description
Argues that the bow and arrow were present in the early Holocene and that atlatls, bows and arrows were used, in varying frequencies, at the same time.
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