Author: Linda Crawford Culberson
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 2009-11-12
Total Pages: 118
ISBN-13: 160473485X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Native American tribes of what is now the southeastern United States left intriguing relics of their ancient cultural life. Arrowheads, spear points, stone tools, and other artifacts are found in newly plowed fields, on hillsides after a fresh rain, or in washed-out creek beds. These are tangible clues to the anthropology of the Paleo-Indians, and the highly developed Mississippian peoples. This indispensable guide to identifying and understanding such finds is for conscientious amateur archeologists who make their discoveries in surface terrain. Many are eager to understand the culture that produced the artifact, what kind of people created it, how it was made, how old it is, and what its purpose was. Here is a handbook that seeks identification through the clues of cultural history. In discussing materials used, the process of manufacture, and the relationship between the artifacts and the environments, it reveals ancient discoveries to be not merely interesting trinkets but by-products from the once vital societies in areas that are now Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, the Carolinas, as well as in southeastern Texas, southern Missouri, southern Illinois, and southern Indiana. The text is documented by more than a hundred drawings in the actual size of the artifacts, as well as by a glossary of archeological terms and a helpful list of state and regional archeological societies.
Author: Wm Jack Hranicky RPA
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2011-06-09
Total Pages: 560
ISBN-13: 1456750003
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book provides a single-source for projectile points in the literature of American archeology. Its purpose is to provide a quick lookup for point types; the user then utilizes the basic references that are provided for more research information, point comparisons, data, distributions, etc.
Author: Lar Hothem
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Expanded and updated with new photos and information, this second edition is loaded with values and identification guidelines to help identify Indian knife artifacts. 16-page color photo gallery. 200 bandw photos.
Author: Carl Gary Yeager
Publisher: West Winds Press
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Amateur, or avocational, archaeologists have made extraordinarily important contributions to our knowledge of prehistory. In order for them to do so, it is essential that they be able to identify the artifacts their discoveries and that, when they find sites that warrant intensive investigation, they report them to those who maintain state records and who can refer them to well-qualified professionals. This book should be very helpful for amateurs who truly care about archaeology and who wish to increase their knowledge and to contribute to the preservation and interpretation of remains of prehistoric cultures.
Author: United States National Museum
Publisher:
Published: 1904
Total Pages: 1366
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Published: 1897
Total Pages: 874
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Published: 1901
Total Pages: 878
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents
Publisher:
Published: 1901
Total Pages: 1064
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