Author: R. Barry Lewis
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2021-10-21
Total Pages: 481
ISBN-13: 0813185351
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Kentucky's rich archaeological heritage spans thousands of years, and the Commonwealth remains fertile ground for study of the people who inhabited the midcontinent before, during, and after European settlement. This long-awaited volume brings together the most recent research on Kentucky's prehistory and early history, presenting both an accurate descriptive and an authoritative interpretation of Kentucky's past. The book is arranged chronologically—from the Ice Age to modern times, when issues of preservation and conservation have overtaken questions of identification and classification. For each time slice of Kentucky's past, the contributors describe typical communities and settlement patterns, major changes from previous cultural periods, the nature of the economy and subsistence, artifacts, the general health and characteristics of the people, and regional cultural differences. Sites discussed include the Green River shell mounds, the Central Kentucky Adena mounds and enclosures, Eastern Kentucky rockshelters, the important Wickliffe site at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, Fort Ancient culture villages, and the fortified towns of the Mississippian period in Western Kentucky. The authors draw from a wealth of unpublished material and offer the detailed insights and perspectives of specialists who have focused much of their professional careers on the scientific investigation of Kentucky's prehistory. The book's many graphic elements—maps, artifact drawings, photographs, and village plans—combined with a straightforward and readable text, provide a format that will appeal to the general reader as well as to students and specialists in other fields who wish to learn more about Kentucky's archaeology.
Author: William Delbert Funkhouser
Publisher:
Published: 1932
Total Pages: 486
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: David Pollack
Publisher: University of Florida Press
Published: 2021-05-25
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781683402039
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Falls of the Ohio River presents current archaeological research on an important landscape feature of what is now Louisville, Kentucky, demonstrating how humans and the environment mutually affected each other in the area for the past 12,000 years.
Author: William H. Marquardt
Publisher: University of Florida at Gainesville inst
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 657
ISBN-13: 9781881448143
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The shell-bearing sites of the middle Green River region in western Kentucky have played a defining role in how archaeologists conceptualize Middle Holocene fisher-hunter-gatherers. This book presents new interpretations of data gathered over a 30-year period about the Native American people who lived along the middle Green River from about 4500 to 2000 B.C. Interdisciplinary by design, the Shell Mound Archaeological Project directed by William Marquardt and Patty Jo Watson focused first on subsistence, particularly the emergence of indigenous agriculture in eastern North America. As more was learned, the research focus broadened to include not only archaeobotany and zooarchaeology, but also geoarchaeology, pedoarchaeology, archaeomalacology, paleodemography, dental biology, and other specialties. Results of all these investigations are included, as well as comparative studies of stone, bone, and shell artifacts. Accounts of how archaeologists have revised their interpretations of the Green River sites over time provide insight into the history of archaeology in the Mid-South and Midwest. In the final chapter, the co-editors synthesize their findings and suggest research directions for the future. Richly illustrated with over 240 photos and drawings, this volume will serve as an invaluable reference work for all those interested in eastern United States archaeology.
Author: Douglas Wright Schwartz
Publisher: [Lexington] : University of Kentucky Press
Published: 1968
Total Pages: 133
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Kathryn Weedman Arthur
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2018-04-24
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 0816537135
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"This book offers critical insights into lithic technology and cultural practices concerning stone tools"--Provided by publisher.