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Paleoindian Large Mammal Hunters on the Plains of North America

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

George C. Frison

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 95, no. 24, November 24, 1988, pp. 14576-14583

Discusses changing hunting patterns dictated by the availability of animal resources over time.

Past, Present and Future Issues in Great Basin Archaeology: Papers in Honor of Don D. Fowler

Alternate Title

Cultural Resource Series No. 20

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

Donald Hardesty

Alice Baldrica

Renée Corona Kolvet

C. Melvin Aikens

Alanah Woody

Angus R. Quinlan ... [et al.]

An overview of cultural and environmental topics that have played roles in the study of the middle Holocene period in the Great Basin.

Petroglyphs Representing the Imprint of the Human Foot

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

David I. Bushnell

American Anthropologist, vol. 15, no. 1, New Series, January-March 1913, pp. 8-15

Discusses unusual ancient footprints of giant men who often had six toes.

Points in Time: Direct Radiocarbon Dates on Great Basin Projectile Points

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Geoffrey M. Smith

Pat Barker

Eugene M. Hattori

Anan Raymond

Ted Goebel

American Antiquity, vol. 78, no. 3, July 2013, pp. 580-594

Uses radiocarbon dating on points with organic hafting material, (sinew) bindings. Samples are from Elephant Mountain Cave, Bob's Cave in Elko County, Kramer Cave, Bonneville Estates Rockshelter and Siblings Shelter, and Lower Lead Mine Hills Cave.

The Pollen Evidence for the Environment of Early Man and Extinct Mammals at the Lehner Mammoth Site, Southeastern Arizona

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Peter J. Mehringer

C. Vance Haynes

American Antiquity, vol. 31, no. 1, July 1965, pp. 17-23

Discusses Clovis artifacts from c. 9,000 B.C., along with mammoth, bison, tapir and horse bones, and 74 pollen grains.

Population Genetic Analysis of Indigenous Peoples of Northeast Siberia: Prehistoric and Historic Influences on Genetic Diversity

Theses

Author/Creator

Theodore George Schurr

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Emory University, 1998.

Pre-Dorset Lithic Technology: A Study of Lithic Assemblage Variability in an Inland Pre-Dorset Site

Theses

Author/Creator

Susan Brooke Milne

p. 224

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 1999.

Predictive Modeling and the Ecology of Hunter-Gatherers of the Boreal Forest of Manitoba

Theses

Author/Creator

David Ebert

Archaeology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Manitoba, 2002.

The Prehistoric Archaeology of the Grand Manan Archipelago: Cultural History and Regional Integration

Theses

Author/Creator

Susan Blair

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Brunswick, 1997.

Prehistoric Archaeology of the Port Au Port Peninsula, Western Newfoundland

Theses

Author/Creator

David N. Simpson

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1986.

Prehistoric Northwest Coast Art: A Stylistic Analysis of the Archaeological Record

Theses

Author/Creator

Margaret Ann Holm

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1990.

Prehistoric Settlement and Subsistence Patterns at Gaspereau Lake, Kings County, Nova Scotia

Alternate Title

Prehistoric Settlement & Subsistence Patterns at Gaspereau Lake, Kings County, Nova Scotia

Theses

Author/Creator

A. Dawn Laybolt

Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1999.

Prehistoric Site Location Strategies in the North Devon Lowlands, High Arctic Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

James W. Helmer

Journal of Field Archaeology, vol. 19, no. 3, Autumn, 1992, pp. 291-313

Analysis of 184 sites from 1982 to 1987.

Le Préhistorique Américan

E-Books

Author/Creator

Marquis de Nadaillac

Extract from: Revue des Questions Scientifiques, October 1893.

The Prehistory of the Tuxtlas

E-Books

Author/Creator

Robert S. Santley

Preliminary Report on the Torngat Archaeological Project

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

William Fitzhugh

Arctic, vol. 33, no. 3, 1980, pp. 585-606

Looks at project studying the Pre-Dorset, Dorset, Thule and Labrador Inuit, and Northern Aboriginal cultures in northern Labrador.

Preliminary Results From Archaeological Investigations on Avayalik Island, Extreme Northern Labrador

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Richard H. Jordan

Arctic, vol. 33, no. 3, September 1980, pp. 607-627

Discusses results of subsistence-settlement examination.

A Probable Association of Mammoth and Artifacts in the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

L. S. Cressman

W. S. Laughlin

American Antiquity, vol. 6, no. 4, April 1941, pp. 339-342

Stone artifacts found indicate items date to Pleistocene or early Recent Fauna era.

Reevaluation of the Lindenmeier Folsom: A Replication Experiment in Lithic Technology

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

J. Jeffrey Flenniken

American Antiquity, vol. 43, no. 3, July 1978, pp. 473-480

Experimentation making modern Folsom points and what this teaches us about ancient technology.

Response to Perttula

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Darrell Creel

Matthew S. Taylor

American Antiquity, vol. 78, no. 1, January 2013, p. 197

Response to comments made in Caddo Populations in Northeast Texas: A Response to Taylor and Creel.

Reviews

Book Reviews

Author/Creator

Paul C. Rosier

P. Jane Hafen

James H. O'Donnell III

Julie Tharp

Amy M. Ware

Robert L. Berner

Linda Lizut Helstern

Harry A. Kersey

Debra Haaland

Melburn D. Thurman

Frederick White

et. al.

American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 3, 2000, pp. 169-222

Book reviews of: The Allegany Senecas and Kinzua Dam: Forced Relocation Through Two Generations by Joy A.

Reviews

Book Reviews

Author/Creator

Steven Crum

Thomas H. Lewis

Dave Gonzales

Ronald Craig

Amelia V. Katanski

Patricia Pierce Erikson

Michael J. Mullin

Keith James

Juanita M. Firestone

Georgiana Valoyce Sanchez

Kenneth Wade

et al.

American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 1, 2000, pp. 223-268

Book reviews of: American Indians and National Parks by Robert H. Keller and Michael F. Turek. Ancient West Mexico: Art and Archeology of the Unknown Past edited by Richard F.

The River House Complex: Middle Woodland on the Northwestern Periphery

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

David Meyer

Peggy McKeand

Michael J. Quigg

Gary Wowchuk

Canadian Journal of Archaeology, vol. 32, no. 1, 2008, pp. 43-76

Excavations at three sites in east central Saskatchewan have produced assemblages used to describe the River House complex.

Roads to the Center: The Design, Use and Meaning of the Roads of Xunantunich, Belize

Theses

Author/Creator

Angela H. Keller

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 2006.

The Role of Birds in the Subsistence Practices of the Dorset Peoples of Nunavik

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Hervé Monchot

Andrea Thompson

Benjamin Patenaude

Claire Houmard

Arctic Anthropology, vol. 53, no. 1, January 2016, pp. 69-83

Looks at subsistence practices of Paleoeskimos on the southern coast of the Hudson Strait at Tayara excavation site and KcFs-2 site in Nunavik.

Science Versus Grave Desecration: The Saga of Lake Hole Cave

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Thomas R. Whyte

Larry R. Kimball

Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, vol. 59, no. 3, December 1997, pp. 143-147

Discusses issues related to vandalism, destruction and scientific research of a Native American burial site.

A Sign of Forgotten Times?: Alberta Places Little Value on Time Before Settlers

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Paul Barnsley

Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 6, October 2002, p. 9

Examines the lack of legal protection for traditional burial sites within the city of Edmonton.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.

The Significance of New Faunal Identifications Attributed to an Early Paleoindian (Gainey Complex) Occupation at the Udora Site, Ontario, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Peter L. Storck

Arthur E. Spiess

American Antiquity, vol. 59, no. 1, January 1994, pp. 121-142

Analysis done on bones indicating which animals were hunted 10,000 years ago.

Some Artifact Sites of Early Man in the Great Plains and Adjacent Areas

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

C. Bertrand Schultz

American Antiquity, vol. 8, no. 3, January 1943, pp. 242-249

Summary of the University of Nebraska State Museum's excavation of sites with extinct mammal bones and early human artifacts.

Some Skeletal Remains in Saskatchewan

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

F. H. Edmunds

J. L. Jackson

J. W. T. Spinks

V. A. Vigfusson

American Antiquity, vol. 3, no. 3, January 1938, pp. 244-246

Report on ancient remains found near Bradwell, Saskatchewan.

Static Types to Dynamic Variables: Re-Assessing the Methods of Prehistoric Huron Chipped Stone Tool Documention and Analysis in Ontario

Theses

Author/Creator

Harry Lerner

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 2000.

Stratigraphy, Radiocarbon Dating and Culture History of Charlie Lake Cave, British Columbia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Jonathan C.Driver

Arctic, vol. 49, no. 3, September 1996, p. 265

Describes some of the unique artifacts found at this site that spans the late Pleistocene and entire Holocene era.

Supplementary Data on Early Man in America

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Hans E. Fischel

American Antiquity, vol. 6, no. 4, April 1941, pp. 346-348

References to where Folsom points have been found across North America, not mentioned in Sellards' Early Man in America

Survey to Identify and Evaluate Indian Sacred Sites and Traditional Cultural Properties in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area: Final Report

Documents & Presentations

Author/Creator

[Office of the State Archaeologist]

Discusses a project to create a state-wide system for site identification and documentation of American Indian sacred sites.

Thule Pioneers

Book Reviews

Author/Creator

Karen M. McCullough

Arctic, vol. 39, no. 4, December 1986, pp. 373-373

Book review of: Thule Pioneers edited by E. Bielawski, Carolynn Kobelka, and Robert R. Janes.

Toltec Mounds: Archeology of the Mound-and-Plaza Complex

Book Reviews

Author/Creator

Timothy M. Schilling

American Antiquity, vol. 78, no. 4, October 2013, p. 807

Book review of: Toltec Mounds: Archeology of the Mound-and-Plaza Complex by Martha Ann Rolingson and Lucretia S. Kelly.

Understanding "Clovis" Fluted Point Variability in the Northeast: A Perspective from the Debert Site, Nova Scotia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Christopher Ellis

Canadian Journal of Archaeology, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 205-253

Comparison of these fluted points with Clovis and similar points from Maine and New York.

The Upper Paleolithic - However it Got Here, It's Here (Can the Middle Paleolithic Be Far Behind?)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

John L. Cotter

American Antiquity, vol. 46, no. 4, October 1981, pp. 926-928

Examines morphological similarities in bone technology in clovis and folsom type sites.

Variation in Paleoindian Fauna Use on the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains of North America

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Matthew E. Hill

Quaternary International, vol. 191, no. 1, November 15, 2008, pp. 34-52

Explores factors that underly changes in the prehistoric diet.

Vermilion Lakes Site: Adaptations and Environments in the Canadian Rockies during the Latest Pleistocene and Early Holocene

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Daryl W. Fedje

James M. White

Michael C. Wilson

D. Erle Nelson

John S. Vogel

John R. Southon

American Antiquity, vol. 60, no. 1, January 1995, pp. 81-108

Site in Banff National Park yields evidence of sheep hunting, windbreaks and shelters.

Virginia Burial Caves: An Inventory of a Desecrated Resource

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

David A. Hubbard

Michael B. Barber

Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, vol. 59, no. 3, December 1997, pp. 154-159

Examination and analysis of caves used by Native Americans as burial sites.

Visions on the Rocks

Articles » General

Author/Creator

Bruce Bower

Science News, vol. 150, no. 14, October 5, 1996, pp. 216-217

Contends that rock and cave art may offer insights about the trance-induced, supernatural journeys and spiritual sightings of shamans around the world.